Scottish Entries in the
Kalendar
of
14, 15.
14, 15.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v1
According to Colgan, he appears to have lived at Eadardruim, where a monastery formerly stood.
At present it is a parish in the diocese of Elphin.
^ Deoraith is recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 on this day.
In the Martyrology of Tallagh,4 he is called Deuraid.
Marianus O'Gorman records him at this date.
This saint appears to have lived towards the close of the fifth or the beginning of the sixth cen- tury.
It is to be regretted, we have not been able to glean ampler materials to extend his biography.
Article IX. —St. Mochonna, Doconna, or Connan, Bishop of Inis- Patrick, County Dublin. Holy persons are not so selfish as to care only for themselves, their kindred or their class ; but they wish and procure the safety and security of society. This saint is said to have been descended from an illustrious family. He was still more distinguished for his virtues and graces. In the Martyrologies of Tallagh, Marianus O'Gorman, Cathal Maguire,and Donegal,^ we find the nameDochonna,Theoconna,Conna,Conda, Theoconda, or Mochonna, of Inis-Patraig, set down as having a festival on this day. 2 Foreign writers call him Connanus, Connidrius, or Condeus. He is called Daconna in the Martyrology of Tallagh,3 and without further title or locality assigned. His conjectural Acts are entered by Colgan at this date. '* It is to be apprehended, that misled by later writers, Colgan has confounded the Inis-Patrick, or Patrick's Island,^ to the east of Skerries, county of Dublin, with Sodor or the Isle of Man. At an early period this saint very probably built a monastery on the island first named, where he lived for the most part, died, and was buried. *^ His remains appear to have been preserved in a rich shrine, one of the earliest to attract the cupidity of the Danes, when they landed on the Irish shores towards the close of the eighth century. 7
3 ex buiLe puibne.
* It is classed in the Catalogue, vol. iv. ,
nos. 2324-2340, fol. 59.
5 The Franciscan copy of the Tallagh
is a note added in Wm. M. Hennessy's copy
of the Donegal Martyrology.
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xii. In the
Franciscan copy is read Ceochonne Cti|\Ane Martyrology has HonAni Ajti^ CotTnAni Ajvif "OetiiAAinc. In the published copy
Chi|\^. — Article viii.
'
the foregoing inscription seems so divided as if three separate names were intended.
See the Life of St. Beoc
or Dabeoc—brother to the present saint— See
"
Acta Sanctorum Hibeniise," xiii.
at the 1st of this month.
* See "Acta Sanctorum Hibemise," xi.
Februarii. Vita S. Canoci, pp. 311, 312.
It was in the Tuath-ainlighe district, as
Colgan learned from a Catalogue of the
Churches of Elphin diocese, sent to him by church on St. Patrick's Island has been
the pious, learned and patriotic Bishop Boetius Egan. See n. 12.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 14, 15.
drawn on the spot by William F. Wakeman, and engraved by George A. Hanlon.
^ There are very interesting drawings of the old ruins at Holmpatrick, near Skerries,
'* Edited —Rev. Dr. by
'
xii. of
county Dublin, among
the sketches of
Kelly, p.
Art. IX. Edited by Drs. Todd and
George Du Noyer, preserved in the Royal Irish Academy, vol. vii. , Nos. 4, 5, on large drawing paper.
q
Reeves, pp. 14, 15.
^"
See Felir—e (Land 610) at 13 January," Vol. I. No. 4.
''
Januarii. Vita S. Connani, pp. 59, 60.
5 See it represented on the "Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of Dublin. " Sheet 5.
^ The accompanying sketch of the old
194 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 13.
The date is variously assigned to a. d. 793,^ 794,^ 797," and 798. " Then they burned Inis-Patrick, and bore away the shrine of St. Dochonna. There are some remains of a very old church on St. Patrick's Island, which comprises aboutnineacres. " ThevolumeofDublinExtracts,preservedJntheRoyal
Doorway of primitive Church on Patrick's Island, Skerries.
Irish Academy,^3 has a notice of Inis Padruic, with the present saint, who was there venerated on the 13th of January. Most probably he lived before the eighth century.
Article X. —St. Mainchinn, Son of Collan, in Corann. Men of
venerated on this day, according to the Martyrology of Donegal,^ Mainchin, son of Collan, in Corann. Deidi, daughter of Tren, son to Dubhthach Ua Lughair, was his mother. This Dubhthach was chief poet to Laoghaire, son of Niall, who was king over Erinn, at the coming of St. Patrick. From this genealogical statement, we may assume he flourished in the fifth, or at or after the commencement of the sixth century. Colgan seems to think he might have been identical with a certain domestic of St. Patrick, and who is called
'"
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 400, 401. 9 The " Annals of Clonmacnoise. "
'"The "Annals of Ulster. "
"
Dr. O'Donovan maintains that this is
130. —
Art. X. ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p.
xii. In the Franciscan copy the reading is tTlAricViiiii rriAC CoblAni.
' Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. by
14, 15.
the true date. See n. (y. ) ""
See D'Alton's History of the County
of Dublin," p. 444. The island in
is called after our national Apostle, who is
question
the children of God are alone at rest.
the world live a fevered life
Mancin mac CoUain is mentioned in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 13th of January. And, in addition to this entry, we read, as having been
;
supposed to have landed there, about a. d. 432.
'3 " Irish Ordnance Survey Records," p.
January 13. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 195
his provider of wood for the fire. He is also called St. Monachus, a priest. 3 In the Scottish Kalendars, it would seem the name of St. Mainchin has been changed into that of Mancina. This is the name of a woman,* how-
andintheDunkeld wefindMancinachclassed— the
ever, Litany among virgins
at the of we cannot find Camerarius,^ 13th January
on what authority has St. Mancina, a virgin, formerly celebrated in the Hebrides for her miraculous gifts. ? It is to be suspected he had unwit-
tingly confounded this assumed personage with the present holy man, whose place is not well known. There is a townland denomination of Cooraun,
andwidows. s Dav
in the
of of — and ofWexford parish Edermine, barony Ballaghkeen, county f
there are two Corrans in the — county
ofCavan oneinthe of
parish Temple-
—id
port, and barony of Tullyhaw the other in the parish of Killashandra, and barony of Tullyhunco ; there is another Corran in the parish of Lisnadill, barony of Upper Fews, and county of Armagh ; there is a Corran, in the parish of Dunderrow, barony of East Muskerry, and county of Cork, East
of West
Article XI. —St. Colman, Son of Tighernach. Colman is men-
tioned in the Martyrology of Tallagh,* at the 13th of January. This simple entry is somewhat amplified in a later calendar, when his descent is traced.
We have recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal,^^ on this day, Colman, son of Tighernach, son to Fearghus. He descended from the tribe of Conall Gulban, son of Niall.
Article XII. —St. Colman Cirr, of Sail-beg. Time, the destroyer of human memories and monuments, has dealt too harshly with the mortal and moral characteristics of very many among our holy ones in Ireland. Thus Colman Cirr, of Sail-beg, is only mentioned in the Martyrology of Donegal,' on this day. The place where he was venerated is not known. We find him entered, on the 13th of January, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^^ under the
while there is a Corran
in the — of
Beg, parish Kilmoe, barony
Riding
Carbery,andcountyofCork,WestRiding? allthese,however,withmany other denominations compounded with the word, are not Hkely to be identified withtheplaceherenamed. ItmustprobablybethepresentbaronyofCor- ran, in the county of Sligo, that is here meant. '"
;
simple designation of Colman Cirr. place or period.
3 See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. iii. , cap. xcvii. , p. 167, and n. 127, p. 188.
It does not seem possible to identify his
the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland," p. 298.
9 See ibid. , p. 314.
* Inthe ' ' of Martyrology Donegal"
we
'° In this district there is a
called Kilmorgan, in a townland and parish of the same name. See "Ordnance Sur- vey Townland Maps for the County of Sligo. " Sheet 34. But it would not seem to be referable in etymology to St. Main- chinn. —
find a woman's name Mannsena, pp. 189, 321. Dr. Forbes maintains, this is an in- stance of the change of sex, as happened in the case of a well-known Irish saint, Moch- aemhoc, pronounced Mo-kee-voc, venerated at the 1 3th of March, having been converted into a St. Kevoca, an assumed virgin, com- memorated in Scotland on the same day. See his work, pp. 374 to 377.
Art. xr.
'
graveyard
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
5 See Bishop Forbes'
"
Kalendars of Scot-
p. xii. After the entry of thirteen foreign
saints, at the 13th of January, the Francis-
can copy begins the Irish list with the pre-
sent saint, simply inscribed CobmAni.
tish Saints. " Appendix to Preface, p. Ixi. ,
and p. 387.
*
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
*
David Camerarius.
Scottish Entries in the Kalendar of
14, 15. — Art. Xll.
^ See ibid. , p. 233.
Reeves, pp. 14, 15.
**
See "General Alphabetical Index to Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xii.
'
Edited by Drs. Todd and
196 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 14.
ArticleXIII. —St. Supplicius. "WTioeverthissaintwasdoesnotap- pear to have been discovered ; however, we have the simple mention of his name in the unpubHshed Martyrology of Tallagh," at this date. In the Rev. Dr. Kelly's published edition, this entry runs on the same line with the notice of St. Ailill's name. ^ We do not find Supplicius recorded in any of our other calendars.
jfourteentfi ISap t\i 3amiarp»
ARTICLE I. —ST. BAETAN OR BAODAN MOR, SON OF LUGHAIDH, ABBOT OF INISMORE, OR INIS-BO-FINNE, NOW BOFFIN OR BOPHIN ISLAND, COUNTY OF MAYO.
[SEVENTH AND EIGHTH CENTURIES. ^
the commemorations this day, we read in the Martyrology of
AMONG Baodan Donegal,' concerning Mor,
son to
Inis-mor. He is entered in the MartjTology of Tallagh,^' as Baetan, son of
Lugeus, on the 14th of January. In the latter record, he is likewise said to have been a bishop. At the year 711, the death of Baetan, Bishop of Inis- Bo-Finne, is recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters. 3 Those of Ulster place it at a. d. 712. Under the head of Inis Mor, Duald Mac—Firbis enters Baeden, bishop, —for January i4th. 4 Colgan offers a conjecture but without muchconfidence thatthisSt. BaedanmaybeidenticalwithaSt. Buadmael, a disciple of St. Benignus and of St. Patrick, who died at Kill Buadmael, neartheRiverShannon. s Yet,itisplainlyseen,theplaceofthissaintand the date assigned for his death exclude such a supposition. The island of Inishbofin^ gives name to a parish in the barony of Murrisk, and county of Mayo. Some ancient monastic remains are to be seen here, adjoining St. Colman'sWellandChurchLough. Themonasticinstitutionissaidtohave been founded there by St. Colman,? a. d. 667, and he*died a. d. 674. ^ St. Coenchomra9 is said to have succeeded him in the government of this monastery ;'° and, in such case, it would be probable, the present saint Baetan was his immediate successor. St. Coenchomra was connected with another Inis-bo-finn. How long St. Baetan's term of incumbency lasted, we have no dates preserved to aid in determining. " There are two other
Art. xiii. —' IntheFranciscancopywe *Itisrepresented,withitsoutlyingsmaller
read Siipplicii. islets, on the "Ordnance Survey Townland ""
See p. —xii.
Maps for the County of Mayo. Sheet 1 14.
August,
See Archdall's "Monasticon Hibemi- cum," p. 497.
9 His feast appears to be assigned to July 23rd, but at that date the St. Coencomhrac venerated does not seem to have had con- nexion with the Mayo Inis-Bo-Finn.
Art.
1. 'Edited
Drs. Toddand
7
the day for his festival.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xii. This
would seem to be the saint for whom the
following entry is made, tTlAC tugei ©pi. , at this date, in the Franciscan copy.
3 See O'Donovin's edition, vol. i. , pp. 310, 311.
5 See " Trias Thaumaturga," Septima VitaS. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xxxiii. , p. 134, andn. 68, p. 176.
See "
Academy," Irish MSS. series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 116, 117.
'° For this Archdall statement,
Proceedings
of the
Royal
Irish
quotes
by
Seehis writtenatthe8thof life,
Reeves, pp. 14, 15. "^
Lughaidh,
Yard, p. 159.
"According to exact historic accounts,
his name comes next to that of St. Colman, the founder of this very celebrated monas-
tery.
and Abbot of
January 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 197
islands, named Inis-bo-finne in Ireland ; one of these is in the county of Donegal, near Tory Island, while the other is situated in Lough Ree, on the River Shannon. Neither of these islands, however, is of such celebrity as this Western Inis-bo-finne,'^ which Dempster has sought even to connect with Scotland. '3 Remote as its situation was, for centuries the voice of prayer and the song of praise to God rose above the murmurings of the wild Atlantic waves that surged around its shores.
Ruins of St. Colman's Church, Innisboffin.
The old oratory of St. Colman, on the Island of Innisbofifin, yet remains. The ruined quadrangle measures externally 61 feet in length by 23 feet in width. The walls are about three feet in thickness. The oriel window
measures, on the outside, 2 feet, and on the inside, it is splayed to a breadth of 5 feet ; while it is 6 feet 6 inches in height. On the eastern gable are two buttresses ; the buttress towards the south is 6 feet thick, and that towards the north is only 5 feet 6 inches. Small side-windows are broken away. In the south side wall and west gable are two doors of similar dimensions, viz. , 5 feet in height by 4 feet in width. '* No mullions are to be found in the windows ; while the arches of oriels and doors are very flat. The stones are
placed edgewise, and the mortar in the walls is very adhesive.
St. Flannan's
"Smith and Ussher, on one occasion, have confounded it with the island in Lough Ree. On the western Inis-bo-finne, there is a lake, lying between the townlands of Westquarter and Fraunmore. This is called Loch-bo-finne, "the lake of the white cow," from which, according to local tradition, an enchanted white cow, giving name to the island, used to be seen emerging. See "Letters relating to the Antiquities of the County of Mayo, containing information collected during the Progress o—f the Ord- nance Survey in 1838," vol. i.
John O'Donovan, dated Westport, July
14th, 1838, pp. 482 to 485.
'3 See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Sco-
tonim," lib. i. , cap. xv*
'* The accompanying engi-aving of St.
Colman's Church, by George A. Hanlon, was obligingly procured for the writer by
Mr. James McCormack, residing on Innis- boffin island. The sketch, and accompany- ing descriptive notes, were furnished by Mr. Thomas O'Connor, of the R. I. Constabu- lary, with a great degree of accurate out-
line. Letter of wood
This sketch was afterward drawn on
William F. with its Wakeman,
by surrounding objects.
198 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 14.
well is enclosed, about 100 paces from the ruin, with a stream running between both. The ruin is in a deep valley. The water of the more im- mediate north hill is carried clear of the church-site through a drain sunk by the monks, and it is effective to this day. No stones of the building are dressed; whilethechurchstandsonanaturalrock-terrace8or10feethigh. Around the ruins grow some few briars, the only shrub. It is a hoary, grey stone church, still in good preservation, so that one doubts if it be the original foundation of St. Colman. On one side of the ruin is an eminence called Knock. On the right, as represented in the engraving, is a sheet of water, called Lough Teampul, on the left is the Atlantic Ocean.
ArticleII. —St. LugeusorLuighbhe,ofInismore. Itseemslikely
this holy man had a residence on Inis-bo-finne ; but it is not easy to fix the
true period. A festival, in honour of St. Lugeus, of Inismor, is entered in
the Martyrology of Tallagh,' on the 14th of January. ' There are many islands bearing the name Inishmore in different parts of Ireland. According
to the Martyrology of Donegal,3 on this day was venerated Luighbhe, but without any further distinctive adjunct to the simple entry of his name.
From the manner in which the unpublished Martyrology of Tallagh connects St. Lugeus and St. Beatan, it seems probable that both belonged to Inis-bo- finne, in the county of Mayo.
Article III. —Feast of Saints Brigid and Maura, Sisters, Virgins
AND Martyrs. Already, at the 4th of this month, a brief notice of the
festival which commemorates both these holy sisters has been inserted. At
the 14th of January, Ferrarius, in his Calendar, has an account regarding
them j but, failing to discover with certitude the date when their relics were
first this must have been the — for found, Colgan conjectures anniversary day
that event. ' We much — for the of the most prefer reserving 13th July
probable day of their natalis a consecutive narrative relating to their acts, passion, and subsequent culttts.
Article IV. —St. Flann Fionn Cuillinn, of a place near Cork. Hereafter it may be possible for local investigators to discover the sites of holy places, the names alone being on record. The Irish MS. Calendar' of the O'Clerys, which is kept in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, mentions a saint, named Flann Fionn Cuillinn," at this day. He is said to havebeenfromorofaplacenearCork. Wemaysupposetheplace,called Guillen or CuUen, must have been convenient to this southern city. A festival in honour of Fiann fion i Cuillin i Fail Corcaighe, occurs in the
Martyrology of Tallagh,3 on the 14th of January. Besides the foregoing
Art. II. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, were afterwards manifested to theirrecovered
xii. relics.
p. —
'' In the Franciscan copy, after the entry Art. iv.
Also the MS. Calendar of of seventeen foreign saints at this day, the Professor Eugene O'Curry contains the name first record of Irish saints' names commences of this saint, at the same day. The words
with Sci tugei Aju]" bAecAni in 1ni|'inoi]\.
Flann Fionn, however, are omitted.
* In the " Extracts Information Containing
relative to the Antiquities of the County of
the of the Cork, collected during progress
3 Edited
14, 15. Art. III.
by
Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp.
—
'See "Acta Sanctorum Hi-
bemise," xiv. Januarii. SS. VV.
Article IX. —St. Mochonna, Doconna, or Connan, Bishop of Inis- Patrick, County Dublin. Holy persons are not so selfish as to care only for themselves, their kindred or their class ; but they wish and procure the safety and security of society. This saint is said to have been descended from an illustrious family. He was still more distinguished for his virtues and graces. In the Martyrologies of Tallagh, Marianus O'Gorman, Cathal Maguire,and Donegal,^ we find the nameDochonna,Theoconna,Conna,Conda, Theoconda, or Mochonna, of Inis-Patraig, set down as having a festival on this day. 2 Foreign writers call him Connanus, Connidrius, or Condeus. He is called Daconna in the Martyrology of Tallagh,3 and without further title or locality assigned. His conjectural Acts are entered by Colgan at this date. '* It is to be apprehended, that misled by later writers, Colgan has confounded the Inis-Patrick, or Patrick's Island,^ to the east of Skerries, county of Dublin, with Sodor or the Isle of Man. At an early period this saint very probably built a monastery on the island first named, where he lived for the most part, died, and was buried. *^ His remains appear to have been preserved in a rich shrine, one of the earliest to attract the cupidity of the Danes, when they landed on the Irish shores towards the close of the eighth century. 7
3 ex buiLe puibne.
* It is classed in the Catalogue, vol. iv. ,
nos. 2324-2340, fol. 59.
5 The Franciscan copy of the Tallagh
is a note added in Wm. M. Hennessy's copy
of the Donegal Martyrology.
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xii. In the
Franciscan copy is read Ceochonne Cti|\Ane Martyrology has HonAni Ajti^ CotTnAni Ajvif "OetiiAAinc. In the published copy
Chi|\^. — Article viii.
'
the foregoing inscription seems so divided as if three separate names were intended.
See the Life of St. Beoc
or Dabeoc—brother to the present saint— See
"
Acta Sanctorum Hibeniise," xiii.
at the 1st of this month.
* See "Acta Sanctorum Hibemise," xi.
Februarii. Vita S. Canoci, pp. 311, 312.
It was in the Tuath-ainlighe district, as
Colgan learned from a Catalogue of the
Churches of Elphin diocese, sent to him by church on St. Patrick's Island has been
the pious, learned and patriotic Bishop Boetius Egan. See n. 12.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 14, 15.
drawn on the spot by William F. Wakeman, and engraved by George A. Hanlon.
^ There are very interesting drawings of the old ruins at Holmpatrick, near Skerries,
'* Edited —Rev. Dr. by
'
xii. of
county Dublin, among
the sketches of
Kelly, p.
Art. IX. Edited by Drs. Todd and
George Du Noyer, preserved in the Royal Irish Academy, vol. vii. , Nos. 4, 5, on large drawing paper.
q
Reeves, pp. 14, 15.
^"
See Felir—e (Land 610) at 13 January," Vol. I. No. 4.
''
Januarii. Vita S. Connani, pp. 59, 60.
5 See it represented on the "Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of Dublin. " Sheet 5.
^ The accompanying sketch of the old
194 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 13.
The date is variously assigned to a. d. 793,^ 794,^ 797," and 798. " Then they burned Inis-Patrick, and bore away the shrine of St. Dochonna. There are some remains of a very old church on St. Patrick's Island, which comprises aboutnineacres. " ThevolumeofDublinExtracts,preservedJntheRoyal
Doorway of primitive Church on Patrick's Island, Skerries.
Irish Academy,^3 has a notice of Inis Padruic, with the present saint, who was there venerated on the 13th of January. Most probably he lived before the eighth century.
Article X. —St. Mainchinn, Son of Collan, in Corann. Men of
venerated on this day, according to the Martyrology of Donegal,^ Mainchin, son of Collan, in Corann. Deidi, daughter of Tren, son to Dubhthach Ua Lughair, was his mother. This Dubhthach was chief poet to Laoghaire, son of Niall, who was king over Erinn, at the coming of St. Patrick. From this genealogical statement, we may assume he flourished in the fifth, or at or after the commencement of the sixth century. Colgan seems to think he might have been identical with a certain domestic of St. Patrick, and who is called
'"
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 400, 401. 9 The " Annals of Clonmacnoise. "
'"The "Annals of Ulster. "
"
Dr. O'Donovan maintains that this is
130. —
Art. X. ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p.
xii. In the Franciscan copy the reading is tTlAricViiiii rriAC CoblAni.
' Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. by
14, 15.
the true date. See n. (y. ) ""
See D'Alton's History of the County
of Dublin," p. 444. The island in
is called after our national Apostle, who is
question
the children of God are alone at rest.
the world live a fevered life
Mancin mac CoUain is mentioned in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 13th of January. And, in addition to this entry, we read, as having been
;
supposed to have landed there, about a. d. 432.
'3 " Irish Ordnance Survey Records," p.
January 13. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 195
his provider of wood for the fire. He is also called St. Monachus, a priest. 3 In the Scottish Kalendars, it would seem the name of St. Mainchin has been changed into that of Mancina. This is the name of a woman,* how-
andintheDunkeld wefindMancinachclassed— the
ever, Litany among virgins
at the of we cannot find Camerarius,^ 13th January
on what authority has St. Mancina, a virgin, formerly celebrated in the Hebrides for her miraculous gifts. ? It is to be suspected he had unwit-
tingly confounded this assumed personage with the present holy man, whose place is not well known. There is a townland denomination of Cooraun,
andwidows. s Dav
in the
of of — and ofWexford parish Edermine, barony Ballaghkeen, county f
there are two Corrans in the — county
ofCavan oneinthe of
parish Temple-
—id
port, and barony of Tullyhaw the other in the parish of Killashandra, and barony of Tullyhunco ; there is another Corran in the parish of Lisnadill, barony of Upper Fews, and county of Armagh ; there is a Corran, in the parish of Dunderrow, barony of East Muskerry, and county of Cork, East
of West
Article XI. —St. Colman, Son of Tighernach. Colman is men-
tioned in the Martyrology of Tallagh,* at the 13th of January. This simple entry is somewhat amplified in a later calendar, when his descent is traced.
We have recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal,^^ on this day, Colman, son of Tighernach, son to Fearghus. He descended from the tribe of Conall Gulban, son of Niall.
Article XII. —St. Colman Cirr, of Sail-beg. Time, the destroyer of human memories and monuments, has dealt too harshly with the mortal and moral characteristics of very many among our holy ones in Ireland. Thus Colman Cirr, of Sail-beg, is only mentioned in the Martyrology of Donegal,' on this day. The place where he was venerated is not known. We find him entered, on the 13th of January, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^^ under the
while there is a Corran
in the — of
Beg, parish Kilmoe, barony
Riding
Carbery,andcountyofCork,WestRiding? allthese,however,withmany other denominations compounded with the word, are not Hkely to be identified withtheplaceherenamed. ItmustprobablybethepresentbaronyofCor- ran, in the county of Sligo, that is here meant. '"
;
simple designation of Colman Cirr. place or period.
3 See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. iii. , cap. xcvii. , p. 167, and n. 127, p. 188.
It does not seem possible to identify his
the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland," p. 298.
9 See ibid. , p. 314.
* Inthe ' ' of Martyrology Donegal"
we
'° In this district there is a
called Kilmorgan, in a townland and parish of the same name. See "Ordnance Sur- vey Townland Maps for the County of Sligo. " Sheet 34. But it would not seem to be referable in etymology to St. Main- chinn. —
find a woman's name Mannsena, pp. 189, 321. Dr. Forbes maintains, this is an in- stance of the change of sex, as happened in the case of a well-known Irish saint, Moch- aemhoc, pronounced Mo-kee-voc, venerated at the 1 3th of March, having been converted into a St. Kevoca, an assumed virgin, com- memorated in Scotland on the same day. See his work, pp. 374 to 377.
Art. xr.
'
graveyard
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
5 See Bishop Forbes'
"
Kalendars of Scot-
p. xii. After the entry of thirteen foreign
saints, at the 13th of January, the Francis-
can copy begins the Irish list with the pre-
sent saint, simply inscribed CobmAni.
tish Saints. " Appendix to Preface, p. Ixi. ,
and p. 387.
*
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
*
David Camerarius.
Scottish Entries in the Kalendar of
14, 15. — Art. Xll.
^ See ibid. , p. 233.
Reeves, pp. 14, 15.
**
See "General Alphabetical Index to Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xii.
'
Edited by Drs. Todd and
196 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 14.
ArticleXIII. —St. Supplicius. "WTioeverthissaintwasdoesnotap- pear to have been discovered ; however, we have the simple mention of his name in the unpubHshed Martyrology of Tallagh," at this date. In the Rev. Dr. Kelly's published edition, this entry runs on the same line with the notice of St. Ailill's name. ^ We do not find Supplicius recorded in any of our other calendars.
jfourteentfi ISap t\i 3amiarp»
ARTICLE I. —ST. BAETAN OR BAODAN MOR, SON OF LUGHAIDH, ABBOT OF INISMORE, OR INIS-BO-FINNE, NOW BOFFIN OR BOPHIN ISLAND, COUNTY OF MAYO.
[SEVENTH AND EIGHTH CENTURIES. ^
the commemorations this day, we read in the Martyrology of
AMONG Baodan Donegal,' concerning Mor,
son to
Inis-mor. He is entered in the MartjTology of Tallagh,^' as Baetan, son of
Lugeus, on the 14th of January. In the latter record, he is likewise said to have been a bishop. At the year 711, the death of Baetan, Bishop of Inis- Bo-Finne, is recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters. 3 Those of Ulster place it at a. d. 712. Under the head of Inis Mor, Duald Mac—Firbis enters Baeden, bishop, —for January i4th. 4 Colgan offers a conjecture but without muchconfidence thatthisSt. BaedanmaybeidenticalwithaSt. Buadmael, a disciple of St. Benignus and of St. Patrick, who died at Kill Buadmael, neartheRiverShannon. s Yet,itisplainlyseen,theplaceofthissaintand the date assigned for his death exclude such a supposition. The island of Inishbofin^ gives name to a parish in the barony of Murrisk, and county of Mayo. Some ancient monastic remains are to be seen here, adjoining St. Colman'sWellandChurchLough. Themonasticinstitutionissaidtohave been founded there by St. Colman,? a. d. 667, and he*died a. d. 674. ^ St. Coenchomra9 is said to have succeeded him in the government of this monastery ;'° and, in such case, it would be probable, the present saint Baetan was his immediate successor. St. Coenchomra was connected with another Inis-bo-finn. How long St. Baetan's term of incumbency lasted, we have no dates preserved to aid in determining. " There are two other
Art. xiii. —' IntheFranciscancopywe *Itisrepresented,withitsoutlyingsmaller
read Siipplicii. islets, on the "Ordnance Survey Townland ""
See p. —xii.
Maps for the County of Mayo. Sheet 1 14.
August,
See Archdall's "Monasticon Hibemi- cum," p. 497.
9 His feast appears to be assigned to July 23rd, but at that date the St. Coencomhrac venerated does not seem to have had con- nexion with the Mayo Inis-Bo-Finn.
Art.
1. 'Edited
Drs. Toddand
7
the day for his festival.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xii. This
would seem to be the saint for whom the
following entry is made, tTlAC tugei ©pi. , at this date, in the Franciscan copy.
3 See O'Donovin's edition, vol. i. , pp. 310, 311.
5 See " Trias Thaumaturga," Septima VitaS. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xxxiii. , p. 134, andn. 68, p. 176.
See "
Academy," Irish MSS. series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 116, 117.
'° For this Archdall statement,
Proceedings
of the
Royal
Irish
quotes
by
Seehis writtenatthe8thof life,
Reeves, pp. 14, 15. "^
Lughaidh,
Yard, p. 159.
"According to exact historic accounts,
his name comes next to that of St. Colman, the founder of this very celebrated monas-
tery.
and Abbot of
January 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 197
islands, named Inis-bo-finne in Ireland ; one of these is in the county of Donegal, near Tory Island, while the other is situated in Lough Ree, on the River Shannon. Neither of these islands, however, is of such celebrity as this Western Inis-bo-finne,'^ which Dempster has sought even to connect with Scotland. '3 Remote as its situation was, for centuries the voice of prayer and the song of praise to God rose above the murmurings of the wild Atlantic waves that surged around its shores.
Ruins of St. Colman's Church, Innisboffin.
The old oratory of St. Colman, on the Island of Innisbofifin, yet remains. The ruined quadrangle measures externally 61 feet in length by 23 feet in width. The walls are about three feet in thickness. The oriel window
measures, on the outside, 2 feet, and on the inside, it is splayed to a breadth of 5 feet ; while it is 6 feet 6 inches in height. On the eastern gable are two buttresses ; the buttress towards the south is 6 feet thick, and that towards the north is only 5 feet 6 inches. Small side-windows are broken away. In the south side wall and west gable are two doors of similar dimensions, viz. , 5 feet in height by 4 feet in width. '* No mullions are to be found in the windows ; while the arches of oriels and doors are very flat. The stones are
placed edgewise, and the mortar in the walls is very adhesive.
St. Flannan's
"Smith and Ussher, on one occasion, have confounded it with the island in Lough Ree. On the western Inis-bo-finne, there is a lake, lying between the townlands of Westquarter and Fraunmore. This is called Loch-bo-finne, "the lake of the white cow," from which, according to local tradition, an enchanted white cow, giving name to the island, used to be seen emerging. See "Letters relating to the Antiquities of the County of Mayo, containing information collected during the Progress o—f the Ord- nance Survey in 1838," vol. i.
John O'Donovan, dated Westport, July
14th, 1838, pp. 482 to 485.
'3 See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Sco-
tonim," lib. i. , cap. xv*
'* The accompanying engi-aving of St.
Colman's Church, by George A. Hanlon, was obligingly procured for the writer by
Mr. James McCormack, residing on Innis- boffin island. The sketch, and accompany- ing descriptive notes, were furnished by Mr. Thomas O'Connor, of the R. I. Constabu- lary, with a great degree of accurate out-
line. Letter of wood
This sketch was afterward drawn on
William F. with its Wakeman,
by surrounding objects.
198 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 14.
well is enclosed, about 100 paces from the ruin, with a stream running between both. The ruin is in a deep valley. The water of the more im- mediate north hill is carried clear of the church-site through a drain sunk by the monks, and it is effective to this day. No stones of the building are dressed; whilethechurchstandsonanaturalrock-terrace8or10feethigh. Around the ruins grow some few briars, the only shrub. It is a hoary, grey stone church, still in good preservation, so that one doubts if it be the original foundation of St. Colman. On one side of the ruin is an eminence called Knock. On the right, as represented in the engraving, is a sheet of water, called Lough Teampul, on the left is the Atlantic Ocean.
ArticleII. —St. LugeusorLuighbhe,ofInismore. Itseemslikely
this holy man had a residence on Inis-bo-finne ; but it is not easy to fix the
true period. A festival, in honour of St. Lugeus, of Inismor, is entered in
the Martyrology of Tallagh,' on the 14th of January. ' There are many islands bearing the name Inishmore in different parts of Ireland. According
to the Martyrology of Donegal,3 on this day was venerated Luighbhe, but without any further distinctive adjunct to the simple entry of his name.
From the manner in which the unpublished Martyrology of Tallagh connects St. Lugeus and St. Beatan, it seems probable that both belonged to Inis-bo- finne, in the county of Mayo.
Article III. —Feast of Saints Brigid and Maura, Sisters, Virgins
AND Martyrs. Already, at the 4th of this month, a brief notice of the
festival which commemorates both these holy sisters has been inserted. At
the 14th of January, Ferrarius, in his Calendar, has an account regarding
them j but, failing to discover with certitude the date when their relics were
first this must have been the — for found, Colgan conjectures anniversary day
that event. ' We much — for the of the most prefer reserving 13th July
probable day of their natalis a consecutive narrative relating to their acts, passion, and subsequent culttts.
Article IV. —St. Flann Fionn Cuillinn, of a place near Cork. Hereafter it may be possible for local investigators to discover the sites of holy places, the names alone being on record. The Irish MS. Calendar' of the O'Clerys, which is kept in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, mentions a saint, named Flann Fionn Cuillinn," at this day. He is said to havebeenfromorofaplacenearCork. Wemaysupposetheplace,called Guillen or CuUen, must have been convenient to this southern city. A festival in honour of Fiann fion i Cuillin i Fail Corcaighe, occurs in the
Martyrology of Tallagh,3 on the 14th of January. Besides the foregoing
Art. II. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, were afterwards manifested to theirrecovered
xii. relics.
p. —
'' In the Franciscan copy, after the entry Art. iv.
Also the MS. Calendar of of seventeen foreign saints at this day, the Professor Eugene O'Curry contains the name first record of Irish saints' names commences of this saint, at the same day. The words
with Sci tugei Aju]" bAecAni in 1ni|'inoi]\.
Flann Fionn, however, are omitted.
* In the " Extracts Information Containing
relative to the Antiquities of the County of
the of the Cork, collected during progress
3 Edited
14, 15. Art. III.
by
Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp.
—
'See "Acta Sanctorum Hi-
bemise," xiv. Januarii. SS. VV.
