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9 Others deem the foundation to have been for Cistercian monks.
A
scribe, of Maethail-Bhrogain, in Deisi Mumham. This holy bishop is entered in Henry Fitzsimon's Calendar. " He was venerated in Scotland, as we learn
11 from the Calendar of Drummond, * at the 8th of July. *
Article VII. —St. Condmac or Connmach, of Ath-Blair, or Atha Stlain. In the Martyrology of Tallagly at the 9th of July, a festival is re-
is mentioned in St. Patrick's Acts
to be a different individual from the present saint, in the estimation of some persons. At the same date, the Martyrology of Donegal " records Brogan,
St.
Brochanus, bishop,
but, he
appears
corded in honour of Condmac, of Atha Silain.
The place of this saint is
inalaterCalendar. The
at the same date, enters the name as Connmach, of Ath Blair.
2 Under either
differently denominated,
name, the place of this holy man has not been identified.
of
Donegal,
Article VIII. —Festival of Saints Totnanus and Colmanus,
Martyrs. The various Usuard to the 1 have Codices, according Bollandists,
their Festival entered, apart from that of St. Kilian, Martyr, at Wurtzburg;
as werehis in —all thatcanbeknown however, they companions suffering,
regarding them has been already given in his Life the first at this day.
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Adelinus, Martyr. In the Scottish Menology of Dempster, the name of Adelinus, Martyr, and com- panion of St. Kilian, has been introduced, at this date. The Bollandists " merely notice this entry, and refer to their previous commentary on the Acts of St. Kilian for their opinion regarding this statement of Dempster.
Article X. —Reputed Festival of St. Erwaldus, Arnwal, or Arnualis, Disciple of St. Kilian. Owing to the confusion of name,
7 See Archdall's
"
Monasticon Hiberni-
Catholicse Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 53.
I3Thusentered "
: viii. IdusApudHiber-
niam Natale Sanctorum Confessorum Bro- cain et Diarmata. "
I4 See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of
cum," for an interesting record of this Abbey,
possessions, pp. 696, 697. See Harris' Ware, vol. ii. , "Antiquities of Ireland," chap, xxxviii. , p. 226. Theassig-
nee was the Earl of Cork.
9 See Smith's "Ancient and Present State
of the County and City of Waterford," chap.
its rulers, and its
8
iii. , p. 91.
10 2
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Vita Sexta S. Patricii, cap. ii. , and n. 51, p. 100.
11 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
190, 191.
12 See " Sanctorum Catalogus aliquorum "
Ibernise," in O'Sullevan Beare's Historice
T
rum," tomus ii. , Julii viii.
Among the pre-
Scottish Saints," p. 17. x
Martyrology
10 ;
Article vii. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxix.
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
190, 191.
Article viii. — See "Acta Sancto-
termitted feasts, p. 531.
» Article ix. — See
"
tomus ii. , Julii viii. Among the pretermitted
Acta
Sanctorum,"
1 72 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 8. different Martyrologists assign the feast of this reputed disciple of St. Kilian
1
to various days. Thus, it is at the 19th of January, at the 15th of February, atthe8thofJuly,andatthe2ndofOctober. Whatevermaybethetruthof
that statement regarding his having been the companion of St. Kilian—whose Life is already given on this day—such companionship is not noticed in his Acts, as relating to Franconia or to his martyrdom. The Bollandists, who notice him, at this day, state, that he is undoubtedly one and the same, who has been referred, in the Irish and Scottish Calendars, to the 2nd of October. "
—
the 8th of July, have a notice of Giswald —said to have been a companion of
1 Article XI. Reputed Feast of St. Giswald. The Bollandists, at
St. Disibod—by Camerarius. already given on this day.
3
About him or his cultus nothing more is known, than what has been already" recorded, in the Life of St. Disibod,
Article XII. —Reputed Feast of St. Alganus, Archbishop and
Martyr. In the Carthusian Manuscript Martyrology at Bruxelles, and at the 8th of July, is entered an account of St. Alganus, Archbishop, of the
Island Hibernia, who was martyred among the Umbrani. Nothing more
seems to be known regarding him, and the Bollandists, who have inserted
1
the foregoing account for this day, are at a loss to know whence it had been
derived, as Fitzsimon has it not in his catalogue of Irish Saints, nor has Dempster or Camerarius any similar entry in their Scottish Kalendars.
Article XIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Kilian, Dux, and Uncle to
St. Ursula. ThisfeastofSt. Kiliamis,Dux,uncletoSt. Ursulaandfather
totheholyBrigid,HelenaandSapientia,is enteredbyGelenius,ashaving been celebrated at Cologne, on the 8th day of July. The Bollandists insert this notice, at the same date, and distinguish this St. Kilian from the Martyr
so called at 1 However, Wurtzburg.
finding nothing
more definite
regarding
him, and desiring further information, they defer to the 21st of October any
subsequent notice, when they should have an opportunity of treating about
St. Ursula and her companions.
ArticleXIV. —St. Ribianus,Bishop. FloratiusandHenryFitzsimon,
at the 8th of July, enter a festival for St. Ribianus, a Bishop.
1
This is to be
2 In
in the "
Menologium
Scoticum " of Thomas
found, likewise,
date given, and in the Second Volume of this work, Art. v.
a See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Julii viii. Among the pretermitted feasts,
"
See
tomus ii. , Julii viii. Among the pretermitted
saints, p. 531.
Dempster.
saints,p. 531. — Article x. '
'In his Scottish Kalendar, Giswaldus is
placed at the 26th of June. ArticleXII. —' See"ActaSanctorum,"
tomus ii. , Julii viii. Among the pretermitted . saints, p. 531.
l
Article xiii. — See ''Acta Sancto-
rum," tomus ii. , Julii viii. Among the pre- termitted saints, p—. 534.
Article xiv. See O'Sullevan Beare's
See an account of him, under the various titles of Eruald, Erwald, Arnwal and Arnual in Franconia, at the
p. 1534. Article XL
—x
Acta Sanctorum,"
" Iberniae Historic Catholicse
Compen-
dium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 56.
a"
See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of
July 8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 73
his larger work on Scottish Ecclesiastical History, there is nothing referring to him.
Article XV. —St. Burchardus, First Bishop of Wurtzburg. Floratius, the Chronica Mundi, and Henry Fitzsimon, insert, at the 8th of
Article XVI. —Reputed Festival of St. Aidus, Abbot and Martyr.
[Ninth Century']. Our Irish Annals relate, that Aidus was Abbot of Tir-da-
x2
Ghlas and of Cluain-Eidhneach, in the earlier part of the ninth century.
the feast of St. Burchardus,
at the same date, but they refer to his principal feast at the 14th of October.
July,
Bishop.
entry,
Ruined Fortress of Dunamase, Queen's County.
HeiscalledthesonofDubhdachrich. 3 Itwouldseem,thathewasobliged to fly from the Northman devastations to Dun-Masg,* which was a strong fortress at the time. A fine castle, with a circumvallation on the upper sum- mit, and strong outworks around the lower level—accessible only on the
Queen's County. On this isolated rock for-
stood a cashel or fortified merly strongly
stone enclosure.
s For an excellent and accurate illustration
of the Barbican of Dunamase we are indebted to the pencil of Samuel Lover, R. H. A. , the
and
3 The Annals of Clonmacnoise, as trans-
lated into English, render his name Hugh celebrated for his valuable local histories of
Scottish Saints," p. 205.
Article xv. — l See O'Sullevan Beare's
"Historian Catholicae Iberniae Compen- dium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 53.
2
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Julii
viii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 534. *
Article xvi. — Now Terryglass, in the county of Tipperary.
2 Now Clonenagh, in the Queen's County.
well-known Irish poet, novelist
in the "Irish Penny Magazine," vol. i. , No. 3, p. 17. The historical article accompany- ing it is from the pen of John D'Alton, also
mac Duffedachrich, and they place his death atA. D. 842.
4 Now Dunamase, near Maryborough,
various parts of Ireland.
1 The Bollandists 2 notice this
6
sketched and engraved in the works of Grose
These have been very inaccurately
painter,
i 7 4 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 8.
eastern side—had been erected on the site of the older Irish fortress, by William de Braosa, Lord of Brecknock, in the beginning of the thirteenth
century. The following age, in 1325, it was seized by Lysach O'More, and afterwards it had a varied history.
s The extensive and romantic ruins of that old castle 6 are to be seen there at present. 7 The old fortress of Dunamase was plundered by the foreigners, a. d. 843, and Aedh was there taken prisoner. He was thence carried into Munster, where he suffered martyrdom,
8
Article XVII. —St. Colman Imramha or Iomhramha, of Fahan Beg, County of Donegal. A festival to honour Colman Imramha was celebrated at the 8th of July, as we find it entered in the Martyrology of
1He —
Tallagh. is called Colman Eirmer, by Marianus O'Gorman. The Bol-
for the sake of God.
It is added, in the Bollandists' work,' that this hap-
10 when note this commemoration, it they although
on the 8th of
appears to have been omitted, by the Irish Calendarists.
pened
July,
2
landists h
—ave notices of St. Colmanus Iomramha
interpreted
notto
Remex seu
him
deremigio atthe8thofJuly
; but, they pretend
further, among the many saints, called Colman, and entered in the Irish
Calendars. He belonged to the race of Cairpre Riada, son to Conaire, who sprung from the race of Heremon. Fahan Beg, of Inis Eoghain, was his place. It lies on the eastern shores of that fine expanse of water Lough Swilly, in the barony of Inishowen, and county of Donegal. His name appears, likewise, in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 at the same date, as Colman Iomhramha. *
Article XVIII. —Reputed Festival of St. Boisil, Prior of Mel-
1
rose, Scotland. In the Kalendar of Herdmanston, a later hand has in-
sertedafestivalforSt. Priorof atthe8thof 2 HisActs Boisil, Melrose, July.
have been already epitomized, at the 23rd of February. 3
and Ledwich.
7 The accompanying illustration is from a
drawing taken on the spot, by William F. Wakeman, and by him drawn on the wood, engraved by Mrs. Millard.
"See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 464 to 467, and n. (a), ibid.
9 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
Julii viii. Among the pretermitted feasts,
2 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Julii viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 533.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
190,191.
* "The more recent hand adds in Irish
characters :" Colman Eirmer Mor. " But M'Curry's copy of the Brussels MS. reads,
Colman crniep tmpairiA no tiALeb("Col- man, the Cimmerian wanderer, I invoke. ") A note by Dr. Todd.
p. 533-
10 x
According to their version of the Annales
Dungallenses. This date is omitted, however, in that work, as edited by Dr. John O'Dono- van,
Article xviii. — Thus: "viii. Idus. Sancti Bosilii. "
2 See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot- tish Saints," pp. 42, 281.
* See the Second Volume of work this
Art. x
Article xvil— « Kelly, p. xxviii.
Edited
by
Rev.
Dr.
distinguish
July 9. J LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 17
#fttt& IBap of 3ulj? *
ARTICLE I. —ST. BR0CCAID1I, OK IULEACH-BROCCADIIA, NOW EMLAGH, COUNTY OF ROSCOMMON.
[FIFTH CENTURY. ]
a
THE
man lived
present holy contemporaneously
with St. Patrick. 1 At mentions, that venera- tion was given to Broccaid. The name of his father was Gollit, according to received accounts. 3 It has been stated, that Broccaidh, of Imleach-Broc- cadha, in Maigheo, had Darerca, sister of St. Patrick, for his mother. Jocelyn, however, makes Tygridia his mother. * It is said, by O'Clery, that Gallit, sisters ofPatrick,wasthemotherofLoman. But,thiswriterheremistakes, regarding what is said in the Tripartite Life, Gollit, being the father of Saints
the of the of Tallagh
9th July, Martyrology
6
similar mistake has been committed, by the O'Clerys, in their Calendar. The
8
Loman, Munis, Broccaidh and Brogan or Broccan.
In another place,? a
Latin Tripartite Life of Patrick states,
that Broccaidh of Imlach Each, in
Ciarriaghe,ofConnaught,wasabrothertoLoman,ofAth-Truim. Hewas
a bishop, according to received accounts. The Tripartite Life states, at
another place,? that Broccaidh, of Imleach Each, brother to Loman, of Ath
Truim, was along with Patrick at Magh-Sealga, in Connacht. The only
place in Mayo known as Emlagh, at present, was formerly called Imleach-
"Strath"or"MarshoftheHorses. " Itis inthe each, i. e. , situated,
barony of Costello, and County of Mayo. 10 This place is described as being in Kierragia, a region of Connaught," and where a church had been erected by St. Brocadius. He was identical with the present saint, and his memory in connexion with it appears to have given a name to that place subsequent to his departure from this world. Archdall has erred in placing it within the
county of Roscommon. 12
,
There were no less than three different places,
called Ciarraighe or Kierraga,^ in Connaught. St. Brochad I4 accompanied St. Patrick on his mission to Magh-Selga in Connaught. The Imleach to
which this saint belonged, was a church in the deanery of Siol-Muiredhuigh, Elphin diocese, according to a Catalogue of Churches belonging to this dio-
1.
pp. 173, 177.
—*
the Third
Article Art. i.
2
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
3 See Rev. Dr. Todd's "St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland," Introduction, Appendix
B, p. 260.
* See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. 1. , p. 76, and n.
and nn. 8, 106,
See his Life,
in
Volume of this work, at the 17th of March,
100.
s See Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves'
" See "Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 610.
51, p.
" Martyrology of Donegal," pp. 190, 191. 6"
J3 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Leabhar na g-Ceart, or the Book of Rights," pp. 100 to 103, n. (f).
** Colgan mentions this saint, as one of those venerated in the church of Mayo. "S.
—de
Brochadius Imleach Brochaidh, in Mageo,
See Colgan's Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. iv. , p. 226.
7 1 8th of December. At the
8
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," 9 Julii. " "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," lib. ii. , cap. ii. , p. 129 ; also cap. Iii. , p. 136, xiii. Martii, Appendix, cap. iv. , p. 605.
9 Chapter Twenty-two is quoted. I0 "
See Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (d), pp. 359, 360.
" See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," xvii. Februarii, Vita S. Lomani, cap. iii. , p. 362.
176 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [July 9.
cese, which had been sent to Colgan, by the Very Rev. Boetius Egan, brother
to the Bishop of Elphin. 's It was situated in the present parish of Kilkeevin, 16 of Castlereagh Barony and Roscommon County. We are enabled to dis- cover the exact situation of St. Brocaidh's place, from crown grants,^ the rolls l8 and other documents. This parish of Kilkeevin is bounded on the north, by Tibohine and Baslick parishes- on the east, by this latter parish and that of Ballintober ; on the south, by Kiltullagh parish, a part of Galway County,andpartofDrumatempleparishinRoscommonCounty; andonthe
1*The Dr. 2° west, by Kiltullagh parish and part of Mayo County. Rev. Todd
has incorrectly identified the church of Broccaide with Imliuch or Emleach Each
or the " Horses' Marsh," in the barony of Costello and county of Mayo.
The three Kierragas of Connaught are thus more particularly denominated by Irish historical writers : Ciarraighe Locha na n airneadh, Ciarraighe Uachtair, and Ciarraighe Aoi, otherwise called Ciarraighe Mhic Ceithearnaigh. The last of these is comprised in the present county of Roscommon, and the other two in that of Mayo. 31 The present barony of Costello comprises two terri- tories, namely, Sliabh Lugha, the ancient patrimony of O'Gara, and Ciar- raighe Locha na n airneadh. The boundary between them is defined by that of the diocese of Achonry with that of Tuam. The territory of Ciarraighe Uachtair comprises the entire of the present barony of Clanmorris, with the exception of the Termon of Balla, which comprised 24 ballys or ancient Irish townlands, and which belonged to the territory of Ceara. The parish of BallawasaddedtotheterritoryofCeara,andit madetheremainingpart of the barony of Clanmorris the same as the territory of Ciarraighe Uach- tair. 22 This saint's name is found entered on Henry Fitzsimon's list. 2 *- The
of 2* records at this same date. Under the head Martyrology Donegal him,
of Imlech Brochada or Brochaid,25 in Magh-Eo Magh Ai, Duald Mac Firbis
'S See "Trias ar On the of ancient Mr. Colgan's Thaumaturga," Map Mayo,
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , nn. 104, 106, 107, p. 177.
16 "There is an old church at Emlagh in
this parish, at which there springs a very sacred fountain, where patterns were held
on the 15th and 28th of August ; but strange to say it has no name but cobap An lml/15. This i—s the Imlach Brocadb (Each) of Col-
Castlereagh, July 10th, 1837, vol. i. , p. 170. '7 See one of these to Richard, Earl of
Clanrickard, dated 8th April, 1662, grant- ing him several parcels of land and tithes,
formerly belonging to the absorbed parish of Termon Kelline, alias Termonbeg. One o( those was Imlaghbrocowa, now in the pre- sent parish of Kilkeevan, which contains the town of Castlerea, County Roscom- mon.
O'Donovan has both the districts of ce<in- f»Aije, situated in this county thus bounded. On the north, the ancient territories of 541- lean^A and Sliab U15A ; on the east, Ros- common County ; on the south the county of Roscommon, and the ancient territory of Conmaicne, in Mayo ; and on the west, the ancient territory of Ceaj\A in Mayo,
23 " The authorities for these boundaries have already been given in the Mayo Letters, but I thought it necessary to add the fore- going remarks on the manner in which I laid down the territories on the ancient Map, that it may be seen how far the boundaries are proved. " See "Letters containing lnfor-
mation relating to the Antiquities of the County of Mayo, collected during the Pro- gress of the Irish Ordnance Survey in 1841. "
"
Of the Ancient Territories constituting the County of Mayo, in the pro- vince of Connaught," signed, John O'Dono- van, May 15th, 1 84 1. See vol. ii.