^ No further particulars seem
destined
to elucidate their lives.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v5
He is likewise commemorated, in the Calendars of Marianus O'Gorman, and of Cathal
Palrick, Apostle of Ireland," part ii. , p. spelling,
^00.
'5 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints,
' For an engraving and a description of it. the reader is referred to J. B. Doyle's "Tours in Ulster," pp. 221, 222.
'" A popular belief in the neighbourhood Article ii. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. is, thatthislittle edificehadbeenanurmery,
p. 295.
Kelly, p, xxiv.
= Here the reading is CiA]\An tiiac Col-
ron,
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 295.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
J32( 133-
5 See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Iliber-
nire," xvii, Februarii, Vita S, Fintani, n. 16,
p. 354-
*' It is marked, on the " Ordnance Survey
Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," sheet 15.
? See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesiasti- c. al Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro- more," p. 83, n. (b), and Appendix CC, p. 298.
* On Lendric's Map, the place is marked I-ede, which seems to have been the old
while an adjacent spring is styled "the Nun's well. " The sept of Mac Fall or Mac- faull is said to have founded it, according to a manuscript note in a copy of Archdall's " Monasticon Ilibernicum," formerly be- longing to S. Mc Skimin of Carrickfergus.
" In Irish, the name is written Cof- AbAnii-TDhAlLA.
" In Irish, bun-AbAnn-t)h,illA, which signifies "the foot," or "root of the River Dall. "
" In Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," at A. D. 1567, it is called bun-AbAiin-'Ouine, " the root of the River Dun. "
Article in. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
" In the Franciscan Manuscript, wc at find this date Cumtnme tiu\c bcACMii.
^ Sec Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Ilibcr-
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Maguire, on this day. 3 Although the name of his father is thus given, we are unable to trace the line from which he sprung. Equally obscure is the tradition of his place and period. The Bollandists,'^ also, at this date, have his feast, on the foregoing authorities. We find the name, Cuimmein, son of Baetan, entered in the Martyrology of Donegal,s on this day ; as also, it is in the Irish Calendar, belonging to the Royal Irish Academy. ^
Article IV. St. Caradic, or Caradoc. We find the simple entry, Cara- dic, recorded in tlie published Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 19th of May, or xiv. of the June Kalends. The same entry is to be met with in the Franciscan copy. ^ We presume, the present name does not iiffer from that of Caradoc but, under either designation, it is difficult, properl) to identify the present holy
Church of Caradoc, Aranmore, County of Galway.
man. ThechurchofKillnanamanachontheIslandofAranmore,wasdedi- catedtoSt. Caradocgarbh,accordingtoRoderickO'Flaherty. 3 And,Arch- bishop Malachias Quaeleus also identifies it, by the name Kill-na-manach,
nise," xii. Januarii, Vita S. Cumiani, n. 6, P- 59-
'* They call him, " Cummenus seu Cumi- nus filius Boedani, seu Baedani. "—"Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
134, 135.
" See the copy, formerly belonging to the
Irish Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, at xiv. Kalends of June for Ctnmeiri tnAC
TDAOTJAin. —Common Place Book F, p. 47. Article iv. —' Edited by Rev, Dr.
Kelly, p. xxiv.
^ Here it is entered CA^Anic.
3 See his " Chorographical Description of
West or H-Iar Connaught," written A. D. 1684, and edited by James Hardiman, p. 84.
t See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," Martii xxi. Appendix ad Vitam S. Endei, cap. vii. , num. 8, p. 715.
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Latinized " cella monachorum," dedicated to Cathradhoc, or Caradoc, the ]Monk, surnamed garb/i^ or " the rough. "4 The first, in our century, to dis- tinguish this ahnost forgotten church, was John O'Donovan, following the order of description given by the Archbishop ; and, he locates it near Port and Lough Courough,5 which lie on the northern shore of the Island of Aran- more, in the district of Cowragh,^ and townland of Oghil. 7 There is a Port Caradoc—so called from St. Caradoc garbh—where boats land on Aran- niore ; and, near this Port, is the pool of Lough-na-ceanainne. ^ Nearly in the middle of the Island,^ and a little to the west of a small pool of fresh water, the ruins of two ecclesiastical buildings may be seen. One measures 18 feet, in length, and 11 feet 6 inches, in breadth; while the highest part of the wall is not over 6 feet, above the surface of the ground. '° About forty paces to the south-west of this ruin stood a stone, about 6 feet in height, and having a beautiful cross within a circle sculptured on it. " The upper part of this cross was very faintly delineated ; but, the lower part was strongly marked. " This church has all the appearance of having reached back to early Christian times. But, we do not find, in our records, any traces of its ancient history.
Article V. St. Brittan, of Rath. We find as set down, in the published ' and unpublished ^ Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 19th of May, that the feast of St. Brittan, Ratha, was celebrated. As so many places are called Rath, in Ireland, either singly distinguished or as taken in composition without more definite data, it seems not probable, that the locality here desig- nated could receive identification. At this date, also, the Bollandists,^ follow- ing the same authority, have a festival for Brittanus de Raith. In Irish, this de- nomination is pronounced Raw, and it takes various phonetic forms in our modern names of places, so that over one thousand of our townlands begin with such syllables, as Rath, Ra, Rah, Ray, &c. By the word is understood a circular mound enclosure, unsually surmounted by a fosse. -* On this day, moreover, according to the Martyrology of Donegal,5 Brittan, of Rath, was venerated.
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5 The name is derived from a legend of the currach stone—a rough, huge rock, still shown there—on which vSt. Endeus is said to have sailed from Garomna Isle to Leamh- choill, or Ochuil, on the Great Island of Aran. See Roderick O'Flalicrly's " Choro- graphical Description of Il-lar or West Connaught," edited by James Ilardiman, n. (1), p. 84.
* In Irish, CobA inibAc, or Caradoc uogh.
7 See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Galway," sheet no. The exact position of the old church, how- ever, is not marked on the sheet.
^ Of this mention is made, in the Life of St. yEndeus, at the 2ist of March. See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Ilibernia;," Martiixxi. There is a denomination Latin- ized " stagnum na Ceanainnc," from a local legend, which is given in cap. xix. , p. 708.
•> In 1839, the spot here indicated lay be- tween a Mr. O'Alailey's house in Killeany and the village of Kilronan.
•° The accompanying sketch, taken on the spot, in June, 1877, has been transferred tu
thewoodbyWilliamF. Wakeman. Itwas engraved by Mrs. Millard,
" bketches of the old church, as also of this ancient stone, by William F. Wakeman, are yet preserved in the Galway Antiquarian Letters, which have been transferred from the rhcenix Park to the Library of the Royal Irish Academy,
'-See "Letters containing Information relative to the Antiquities of the County of Galway, collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839," vol. iii. Letter of John O'Donovan, and dated Taylor's Hill, near Galway, August 3rd, 1S39, p. 396.
Article v. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
^ Thus, b^viccAn llAchA.
3 y^g "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Mail xix. Among the jjrelermitted saints, p. 295.
•» SeeDr. PatrickW. Joyce's"Originand History of Irish Names of Places," part iii. , chap. i. , pp. 264 to 266.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 134, 135.
Article vii. — ' Kelly, p. xxiv.
^ Thus, Ceip.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Article ix. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
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Article VI. St. Mochonnae, of Cill Comhartha. There is a record to be found, in the pubhshed Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 19th of May, regarding a feast to Mochonnag, of Chill Comartha ; while, we have nearly a similar entry, in the Franciscan copy, at the xiv. of the June Kalends. ^ Among the townland names of Ireland, it seems difficult now to find out the locality named, in connexion with this saint. The Bollandists 3 have, at this same date, and quoting the same authority, Mochonna de Kill- Conortha. Mochonuae, of Cill-Comhartha, is mentioned also in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ as having a festival on this day.
Article VII. St. Ceir. At this date, veneration was given to Ceir, as we read in the published Martyrology of Tallagn ;' as also, in the Francis- cancopy,atthexiv. oftheJuneKalends. ^ Nothingmoreappearstothrow light on this saint's acts. The Bollandists 3 enter, likewise, at the 19th of JNIay, only Kierus.
Article VIII. St. Dinir, of Eanach-Eir. The published Martyr- ology of Tallagh ' enters the name of Dinir, Enaig, at the 19th of May, and the Franciscan copy has a somewhat different spelling, at the same date. ^ The Bollandists 3 have it Durus de Enach. According to the Martyrology of Donegal,^ a festival to Dinir of Eanach-Eir,5 was celebrated, on this day. There are various places in Ireland, called Enach, or Enagh, whether simply taken, or in composition.
Article IX. —The Three Sons of Eoghan, or Eugene. Their names appear, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 19th of May, and they are entered, Tri mic Eoghain : so do they read, also, in the unpub- lished copy.
^ No further particulars seem destined to elucidate their lives. The Bollandists 3 likewise commemorate those holy brothers. We find re- gistered, in the Martyrology of Donegal,-* that the three sons of Eoghan had a festival on this day.
Article X. The Feast of Urban's Clergy, Martyrs, at Rome. In the " Feilire " of St. iEngus, at the 19th of May, we find the Feast of Urban's clergy mentioned ; and, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ they are stated, to
Article vi. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
= Thus entered, mocTionriA Gill Cohiaiv clii.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295.
'' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 134, 135.
^ Thus, Oniii\ eAriAig.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295. » Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
132, 133.
s Dr. Todd in a note here says: "The
3 See '-Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295.
Article viii. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
^ In the Franciscan Manuscript, we find, t:\w mic eojAin.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Man xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295. '' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
134, 135.
Article x. — ' In the " Leabhar Breac
Vol. v. —No. q.
ik
paragraph within brackets is inserted by the more recent hand. "
514
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have suffered martyrdom, under the Emperor Decius, He reigned from a. d. 249, until A. D. 251, while he was a great persecutor of the Christians. ^ He perished, however, with his army, in Moesia, during that invasion of the Goths, which occurred in his time. * His young son Decius was killed in this battle, and the Goths made a dreadful havoc of the disheartened Roman army. 5 TheancientMartyrologistsmention,atthe19thofMay,thenames of Saints Paternus, Gallicolus, Urbana, Indicus, Selucus, Felix, Clenicus, Crescentius, Calonica, Julia, Urbana H. , Ingenua, and Saturnus, as Roman Martyrs, on the Appian way. According to the BoUandists,^ who record these soldiers of Christ, at the same date, they were buried in the cemetery of St. Callistus. 7 However, much diversity of statement regarding them is met with, in the old Calendars ; but, the history of the universal Church is a record of suffering for the faith, and it is the magnificent example of fidelity to the death, which ought to be the inspiration of each succeeding genera- tion.
ArticleXI. TheDepositionofBlessedRabanMaur,Abbotof FuLDA. The feast for the Deposition of St. Raban Maur ' is set down in ThomasDempster'sScottishMenology. ^ TheBollandists3 havethisnotice, likewise, while referring to their fuller illustration of his Acts, at the 4th of February. Thomas Dempster, who claims the Blessed Raban Maur as a Scotchman, has an account of him and of his writings. -*
Article XH. —The Blessed Patrick and Malachy, Cistercians AND Martyrs, in Ireland. According to Henriquez, Chalemotus and Bucelin, in the year 1585, the Cistercians, Patrick and Malachy—designated by the title of Blessed—were put to death, by the heretics, in Ireland. Such an entry, at the 19th of May, is found in the Bollandists. ' We are at a loss to known the surnames or particulars of their martyrdom. ^
copy we read :
CLie|AU]\b<Mn IcgLxMiA nif5i5riecA)\ toIa •<\n<inr(iuri-o icjcLa C]MA b|\6en<iii ApolA.
Thus translated into English, by Dr. Whitley Stokes : " Urban's clergy who are pure, lusts wounded them not : their souls are white through (the) rain of their blood. " — On the Calendar of Oengus. See " Trans- actions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , p. Ixxx.
° In the Franciscan copy, we read such an account.
3 See Edward Gibbon's " History of the
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,"
vol. ii. , chap, xvi. , pp. 260, 261. Edition of rum," tomus ii. , lib. xvi. , num. 1037, pp. Dr. William Smith.
* See the "Popular Encyclopedia; or Conversations Lexicon," vol. ii. , p. 619.
5 See this account, in " The Ancient Part of Universal History," vol. xiii. The Ko- man History, chap. Iviii. , p. 479.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii
545 to 551. — See "Acta Sancto- Article xii. '
xix. De Sanctis Martyribus ^Romanis Pa- terno, Gallicolo, Urbana, Indico, Slevco, Felice, Clonico Crescentio, Calonica, Julia, Urbana, Ingenva, Saturno, Via Appia, in Ccemeterio Callisti, pp. 308, 309.
"> This is described by Aringlius, in " Roma Subterranea," lib. iii. , cap. 11.
Article xi. —'
For a full account of his Life and Writings, see the Second Volume of
this work, at the 4th of February, Art. iv.
- "FuldoedepositioHrabaniMauriAb- batis S. Alcuini in omnibus socii sed junio- ris. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot-
tish Saints," p. 200.
3 See "Acta Sanctonim," tonius iv. ,
Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 294.
•* In"HistoriaEcclesiasticaGentisScoto-
rum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pre- termitted saints, p. 296.
' Their names or acts do not appear in the valuable work of Myles O'Reilly, B. A. , LL. D. . intituled : "Memorials of those who
May 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 515
CluentietJ) ©ay of iiflap*
ARTICLE I. —ST. COLMAN OF DOIRE MOR, OR KILCOLMAN, KING'S COUNTY.
{SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. 'X
ALTHOUGH our old and venerable churches throughout. Ireland have gone to decay, still our feelings are awakened to a religious impres- siveness,whenwerecalltheirpastglories. AsundertheHebrewdispensation, when the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness, the Tabernacle and its enclosure constituted a holy place round which, as round a centre of sanctity,
the whole encampment was pitched ; so, while the Tabernacles of those sanc- tuaries can no longer be found, the evidences of their former location are to be met with, in many a modern waste. Still are the living Faith and the living Temple flourishing around the mouldering monuments of time ; nor are the souls of our people cold to religious influences, nor to the memories our ecclesiastical remains are sure to excite, especially when associated with the acts of our long-buried saints.
There is only a mere reference to this holy man—known as Colmanus Doremariensis—copied from the feasts in the Tallagh Martyrology, by the Bollandists,^ at the 20th of May. The present St. Colman was descended, fromthedistinguishedEoghanachtfamilyofMunster. Heissaid,^tohave been the son of yEngus, King of Munster, who had been baptized by St. Patrick,3 according to the Menologium Genealogicum and Selbach, as also according to the Lives of St. Declan 4 and of St. Endeus. s The Life of St. Mochoemoc ^ of Liath-more 1 expressly states, however, that this St. Colman, Bishop of Derrymore, was the son of Daire. Now, to us, it seems very pro- bable, that owing to some mistake, the name of his place has been substituted for his patronymic. However, he is said, by various writers, to have been the son of Darene ; and, Colgan ^ thinks this to be a more correct account. It seems probable, that he was born some time, towards the close of the sixth century. Ofhisearlycareer,wefindnoparticulars,beforeheformedareligious establishment. We are equally at a loss, to discover the exact time when he established a religious institute ; and although some recorded details are given, in reference to its locality, this latter has been questioned, by different writers. He belonged to Doire Mdr, said to have been on the confines of Munster and of Leinster, in that territory,? which is called Eile. '° A little
s See his Life, at the 21st of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
* Taken from the Codex Killkenniensis.
'' See it published, by Colgan, at the 13th of March, chap. xvi.
^ See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," xiii. = See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber- Martii. Vita S. Mochoemoci Abbatis de
nise," xiii. Martii. Vita S. Mochoemoci Liath-mor in Ilelia, n. 20, p. 597.
suffered for the Catholic Faith, in Ireland in the l6th, 17th, and iSth centuries. London,
1868, 8vo. — Article i.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Maii XX. Among the pretermitted
saints, p. 170.
Abbatis de Liath-mor in Helia, n. 21, p.
597.
3 See his Life, at the 17th of March, in the
ThirdVolumeofthiswork. Art. i. ,chap. xix. 4 See his Life, at the 24th of July.
9 1,1 a note by Dr. O'Donovau at this sup- plied word, Territory, he says : "If this be
true, Doire-mor is in O'Fogarty. " "IntheLifeofSt. Mochoemoc,pub-
lished by Colgan, Derrymore is stated to be
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more than one mile only, as we are informed, lies between Doire-moir and Liath-mor Mochaemhdg.
Palrick, Apostle of Ireland," part ii. , p. spelling,
^00.
'5 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints,
' For an engraving and a description of it. the reader is referred to J. B. Doyle's "Tours in Ulster," pp. 221, 222.
'" A popular belief in the neighbourhood Article ii. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. is, thatthislittle edificehadbeenanurmery,
p. 295.
Kelly, p, xxiv.
= Here the reading is CiA]\An tiiac Col-
ron,
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 295.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
J32( 133-
5 See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Iliber-
nire," xvii, Februarii, Vita S, Fintani, n. 16,
p. 354-
*' It is marked, on the " Ordnance Survey
Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," sheet 15.
? See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesiasti- c. al Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro- more," p. 83, n. (b), and Appendix CC, p. 298.
* On Lendric's Map, the place is marked I-ede, which seems to have been the old
while an adjacent spring is styled "the Nun's well. " The sept of Mac Fall or Mac- faull is said to have founded it, according to a manuscript note in a copy of Archdall's " Monasticon Ilibernicum," formerly be- longing to S. Mc Skimin of Carrickfergus.
" In Irish, the name is written Cof- AbAnii-TDhAlLA.
" In Irish, bun-AbAnn-t)h,illA, which signifies "the foot," or "root of the River Dall. "
" In Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," at A. D. 1567, it is called bun-AbAiin-'Ouine, " the root of the River Dun. "
Article in. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
" In the Franciscan Manuscript, wc at find this date Cumtnme tiu\c bcACMii.
^ Sec Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Ilibcr-
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May 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 511
Maguire, on this day. 3 Although the name of his father is thus given, we are unable to trace the line from which he sprung. Equally obscure is the tradition of his place and period. The Bollandists,'^ also, at this date, have his feast, on the foregoing authorities. We find the name, Cuimmein, son of Baetan, entered in the Martyrology of Donegal,s on this day ; as also, it is in the Irish Calendar, belonging to the Royal Irish Academy. ^
Article IV. St. Caradic, or Caradoc. We find the simple entry, Cara- dic, recorded in tlie published Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 19th of May, or xiv. of the June Kalends. The same entry is to be met with in the Franciscan copy. ^ We presume, the present name does not iiffer from that of Caradoc but, under either designation, it is difficult, properl) to identify the present holy
Church of Caradoc, Aranmore, County of Galway.
man. ThechurchofKillnanamanachontheIslandofAranmore,wasdedi- catedtoSt. Caradocgarbh,accordingtoRoderickO'Flaherty. 3 And,Arch- bishop Malachias Quaeleus also identifies it, by the name Kill-na-manach,
nise," xii. Januarii, Vita S. Cumiani, n. 6, P- 59-
'* They call him, " Cummenus seu Cumi- nus filius Boedani, seu Baedani. "—"Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
134, 135.
" See the copy, formerly belonging to the
Irish Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, at xiv. Kalends of June for Ctnmeiri tnAC
TDAOTJAin. —Common Place Book F, p. 47. Article iv. —' Edited by Rev, Dr.
Kelly, p. xxiv.
^ Here it is entered CA^Anic.
3 See his " Chorographical Description of
West or H-Iar Connaught," written A. D. 1684, and edited by James Hardiman, p. 84.
t See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," Martii xxi. Appendix ad Vitam S. Endei, cap. vii. , num. 8, p. 715.
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Latinized " cella monachorum," dedicated to Cathradhoc, or Caradoc, the ]Monk, surnamed garb/i^ or " the rough. "4 The first, in our century, to dis- tinguish this ahnost forgotten church, was John O'Donovan, following the order of description given by the Archbishop ; and, he locates it near Port and Lough Courough,5 which lie on the northern shore of the Island of Aran- more, in the district of Cowragh,^ and townland of Oghil. 7 There is a Port Caradoc—so called from St. Caradoc garbh—where boats land on Aran- niore ; and, near this Port, is the pool of Lough-na-ceanainne. ^ Nearly in the middle of the Island,^ and a little to the west of a small pool of fresh water, the ruins of two ecclesiastical buildings may be seen. One measures 18 feet, in length, and 11 feet 6 inches, in breadth; while the highest part of the wall is not over 6 feet, above the surface of the ground. '° About forty paces to the south-west of this ruin stood a stone, about 6 feet in height, and having a beautiful cross within a circle sculptured on it. " The upper part of this cross was very faintly delineated ; but, the lower part was strongly marked. " This church has all the appearance of having reached back to early Christian times. But, we do not find, in our records, any traces of its ancient history.
Article V. St. Brittan, of Rath. We find as set down, in the published ' and unpublished ^ Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 19th of May, that the feast of St. Brittan, Ratha, was celebrated. As so many places are called Rath, in Ireland, either singly distinguished or as taken in composition without more definite data, it seems not probable, that the locality here desig- nated could receive identification. At this date, also, the Bollandists,^ follow- ing the same authority, have a festival for Brittanus de Raith. In Irish, this de- nomination is pronounced Raw, and it takes various phonetic forms in our modern names of places, so that over one thousand of our townlands begin with such syllables, as Rath, Ra, Rah, Ray, &c. By the word is understood a circular mound enclosure, unsually surmounted by a fosse. -* On this day, moreover, according to the Martyrology of Donegal,5 Brittan, of Rath, was venerated.
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5 The name is derived from a legend of the currach stone—a rough, huge rock, still shown there—on which vSt. Endeus is said to have sailed from Garomna Isle to Leamh- choill, or Ochuil, on the Great Island of Aran. See Roderick O'Flalicrly's " Choro- graphical Description of Il-lar or West Connaught," edited by James Ilardiman, n. (1), p. 84.
* In Irish, CobA inibAc, or Caradoc uogh.
7 See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Galway," sheet no. The exact position of the old church, how- ever, is not marked on the sheet.
^ Of this mention is made, in the Life of St. yEndeus, at the 2ist of March. See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Ilibernia;," Martiixxi. There is a denomination Latin- ized " stagnum na Ceanainnc," from a local legend, which is given in cap. xix. , p. 708.
•> In 1839, the spot here indicated lay be- tween a Mr. O'Alailey's house in Killeany and the village of Kilronan.
•° The accompanying sketch, taken on the spot, in June, 1877, has been transferred tu
thewoodbyWilliamF. Wakeman. Itwas engraved by Mrs. Millard,
" bketches of the old church, as also of this ancient stone, by William F. Wakeman, are yet preserved in the Galway Antiquarian Letters, which have been transferred from the rhcenix Park to the Library of the Royal Irish Academy,
'-See "Letters containing Information relative to the Antiquities of the County of Galway, collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839," vol. iii. Letter of John O'Donovan, and dated Taylor's Hill, near Galway, August 3rd, 1S39, p. 396.
Article v. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
^ Thus, b^viccAn llAchA.
3 y^g "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Mail xix. Among the jjrelermitted saints, p. 295.
•» SeeDr. PatrickW. Joyce's"Originand History of Irish Names of Places," part iii. , chap. i. , pp. 264 to 266.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 134, 135.
Article vii. — ' Kelly, p. xxiv.
^ Thus, Ceip.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Article ix. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
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Article VI. St. Mochonnae, of Cill Comhartha. There is a record to be found, in the pubhshed Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 19th of May, regarding a feast to Mochonnag, of Chill Comartha ; while, we have nearly a similar entry, in the Franciscan copy, at the xiv. of the June Kalends. ^ Among the townland names of Ireland, it seems difficult now to find out the locality named, in connexion with this saint. The Bollandists 3 have, at this same date, and quoting the same authority, Mochonna de Kill- Conortha. Mochonuae, of Cill-Comhartha, is mentioned also in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ as having a festival on this day.
Article VII. St. Ceir. At this date, veneration was given to Ceir, as we read in the published Martyrology of Tallagn ;' as also, in the Francis- cancopy,atthexiv. oftheJuneKalends. ^ Nothingmoreappearstothrow light on this saint's acts. The Bollandists 3 enter, likewise, at the 19th of JNIay, only Kierus.
Article VIII. St. Dinir, of Eanach-Eir. The published Martyr- ology of Tallagh ' enters the name of Dinir, Enaig, at the 19th of May, and the Franciscan copy has a somewhat different spelling, at the same date. ^ The Bollandists 3 have it Durus de Enach. According to the Martyrology of Donegal,^ a festival to Dinir of Eanach-Eir,5 was celebrated, on this day. There are various places in Ireland, called Enach, or Enagh, whether simply taken, or in composition.
Article IX. —The Three Sons of Eoghan, or Eugene. Their names appear, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 19th of May, and they are entered, Tri mic Eoghain : so do they read, also, in the unpub- lished copy.
^ No further particulars seem destined to elucidate their lives. The Bollandists 3 likewise commemorate those holy brothers. We find re- gistered, in the Martyrology of Donegal,-* that the three sons of Eoghan had a festival on this day.
Article X. The Feast of Urban's Clergy, Martyrs, at Rome. In the " Feilire " of St. iEngus, at the 19th of May, we find the Feast of Urban's clergy mentioned ; and, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ they are stated, to
Article vi. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
= Thus entered, mocTionriA Gill Cohiaiv clii.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295.
'' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 134, 135.
^ Thus, Oniii\ eAriAig.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295. » Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
132, 133.
s Dr. Todd in a note here says: "The
3 See '-Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295.
Article viii. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
^ In the Franciscan Manuscript, we find, t:\w mic eojAin.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Man xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295. '' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
134, 135.
Article x. — ' In the " Leabhar Breac
Vol. v. —No. q.
ik
paragraph within brackets is inserted by the more recent hand. "
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have suffered martyrdom, under the Emperor Decius, He reigned from a. d. 249, until A. D. 251, while he was a great persecutor of the Christians. ^ He perished, however, with his army, in Moesia, during that invasion of the Goths, which occurred in his time. * His young son Decius was killed in this battle, and the Goths made a dreadful havoc of the disheartened Roman army. 5 TheancientMartyrologistsmention,atthe19thofMay,thenames of Saints Paternus, Gallicolus, Urbana, Indicus, Selucus, Felix, Clenicus, Crescentius, Calonica, Julia, Urbana H. , Ingenua, and Saturnus, as Roman Martyrs, on the Appian way. According to the BoUandists,^ who record these soldiers of Christ, at the same date, they were buried in the cemetery of St. Callistus. 7 However, much diversity of statement regarding them is met with, in the old Calendars ; but, the history of the universal Church is a record of suffering for the faith, and it is the magnificent example of fidelity to the death, which ought to be the inspiration of each succeeding genera- tion.
ArticleXI. TheDepositionofBlessedRabanMaur,Abbotof FuLDA. The feast for the Deposition of St. Raban Maur ' is set down in ThomasDempster'sScottishMenology. ^ TheBollandists3 havethisnotice, likewise, while referring to their fuller illustration of his Acts, at the 4th of February. Thomas Dempster, who claims the Blessed Raban Maur as a Scotchman, has an account of him and of his writings. -*
Article XH. —The Blessed Patrick and Malachy, Cistercians AND Martyrs, in Ireland. According to Henriquez, Chalemotus and Bucelin, in the year 1585, the Cistercians, Patrick and Malachy—designated by the title of Blessed—were put to death, by the heretics, in Ireland. Such an entry, at the 19th of May, is found in the Bollandists. ' We are at a loss to known the surnames or particulars of their martyrdom. ^
copy we read :
CLie|AU]\b<Mn IcgLxMiA nif5i5riecA)\ toIa •<\n<inr(iuri-o icjcLa C]MA b|\6en<iii ApolA.
Thus translated into English, by Dr. Whitley Stokes : " Urban's clergy who are pure, lusts wounded them not : their souls are white through (the) rain of their blood. " — On the Calendar of Oengus. See " Trans- actions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , p. Ixxx.
° In the Franciscan copy, we read such an account.
3 See Edward Gibbon's " History of the
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,"
vol. ii. , chap, xvi. , pp. 260, 261. Edition of rum," tomus ii. , lib. xvi. , num. 1037, pp. Dr. William Smith.
* See the "Popular Encyclopedia; or Conversations Lexicon," vol. ii. , p. 619.
5 See this account, in " The Ancient Part of Universal History," vol. xiii. The Ko- man History, chap. Iviii. , p. 479.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii
545 to 551. — See "Acta Sancto- Article xii. '
xix. De Sanctis Martyribus ^Romanis Pa- terno, Gallicolo, Urbana, Indico, Slevco, Felice, Clonico Crescentio, Calonica, Julia, Urbana, Ingenva, Saturno, Via Appia, in Ccemeterio Callisti, pp. 308, 309.
"> This is described by Aringlius, in " Roma Subterranea," lib. iii. , cap. 11.
Article xi. —'
For a full account of his Life and Writings, see the Second Volume of
this work, at the 4th of February, Art. iv.
- "FuldoedepositioHrabaniMauriAb- batis S. Alcuini in omnibus socii sed junio- ris. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot-
tish Saints," p. 200.
3 See "Acta Sanctonim," tonius iv. ,
Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 294.
•* In"HistoriaEcclesiasticaGentisScoto-
rum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pre- termitted saints, p. 296.
' Their names or acts do not appear in the valuable work of Myles O'Reilly, B. A. , LL. D. . intituled : "Memorials of those who
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CluentietJ) ©ay of iiflap*
ARTICLE I. —ST. COLMAN OF DOIRE MOR, OR KILCOLMAN, KING'S COUNTY.
{SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. 'X
ALTHOUGH our old and venerable churches throughout. Ireland have gone to decay, still our feelings are awakened to a religious impres- siveness,whenwerecalltheirpastglories. AsundertheHebrewdispensation, when the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness, the Tabernacle and its enclosure constituted a holy place round which, as round a centre of sanctity,
the whole encampment was pitched ; so, while the Tabernacles of those sanc- tuaries can no longer be found, the evidences of their former location are to be met with, in many a modern waste. Still are the living Faith and the living Temple flourishing around the mouldering monuments of time ; nor are the souls of our people cold to religious influences, nor to the memories our ecclesiastical remains are sure to excite, especially when associated with the acts of our long-buried saints.
There is only a mere reference to this holy man—known as Colmanus Doremariensis—copied from the feasts in the Tallagh Martyrology, by the Bollandists,^ at the 20th of May. The present St. Colman was descended, fromthedistinguishedEoghanachtfamilyofMunster. Heissaid,^tohave been the son of yEngus, King of Munster, who had been baptized by St. Patrick,3 according to the Menologium Genealogicum and Selbach, as also according to the Lives of St. Declan 4 and of St. Endeus. s The Life of St. Mochoemoc ^ of Liath-more 1 expressly states, however, that this St. Colman, Bishop of Derrymore, was the son of Daire. Now, to us, it seems very pro- bable, that owing to some mistake, the name of his place has been substituted for his patronymic. However, he is said, by various writers, to have been the son of Darene ; and, Colgan ^ thinks this to be a more correct account. It seems probable, that he was born some time, towards the close of the sixth century. Ofhisearlycareer,wefindnoparticulars,beforeheformedareligious establishment. We are equally at a loss, to discover the exact time when he established a religious institute ; and although some recorded details are given, in reference to its locality, this latter has been questioned, by different writers. He belonged to Doire Mdr, said to have been on the confines of Munster and of Leinster, in that territory,? which is called Eile. '° A little
s See his Life, at the 21st of March, in the Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
* Taken from the Codex Killkenniensis.
'' See it published, by Colgan, at the 13th of March, chap. xvi.
^ See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," xiii. = See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber- Martii. Vita S. Mochoemoci Abbatis de
nise," xiii. Martii. Vita S. Mochoemoci Liath-mor in Ilelia, n. 20, p. 597.
suffered for the Catholic Faith, in Ireland in the l6th, 17th, and iSth centuries. London,
1868, 8vo. — Article i.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Maii XX. Among the pretermitted
saints, p. 170.
Abbatis de Liath-mor in Helia, n. 21, p.
597.
3 See his Life, at the 17th of March, in the
ThirdVolumeofthiswork. Art. i. ,chap. xix. 4 See his Life, at the 24th of July.
9 1,1 a note by Dr. O'Donovau at this sup- plied word, Territory, he says : "If this be
true, Doire-mor is in O'Fogarty. " "IntheLifeofSt. Mochoemoc,pub-
lished by Colgan, Derrymore is stated to be
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more than one mile only, as we are informed, lies between Doire-moir and Liath-mor Mochaemhdg.
