'°*
These names it had, according to the Latin Tripartite Life.
These names it had, according to the Latin Tripartite Life.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v3
In the Acts of St.
— and noticed as his
three of
those sons are mentioned however their relationship seems to have been
more remote. 7^ These are called, Saran,? ? Connla,? ^ and Nad-Sluagh. 79 A
prince, named Saran, is said to have succeeded his father Caelbabh, as King of Uladh. ^° However, during Saran's^^ term of rule, Patrick arrived in the principality of Dalaradia ; but, the saint was treated with contumely and in- sult, by that prince. He was a fierce pagan, and a man of depraved morals, while he seems to have been unscrupulous, in his modes of action. Our saint determined that he would found a place, where, according to the Irish Tripar-
" "^^ tite Life, Lathrach-Patraic, or Patrick's site
was shown the Latin ; but,
Patrick, contemporaries,
"
time, here was pointed out Slan,^* the name given to a well, which Patrick dis-
Tripartite calls it Lettir-Phadruic, signifying,
Patrick's slope. " ^3 In after
Belfast. 18. The Tough of the Fall, alias,
Mylone, contained the southern portion of
Shankill, and the parish of Drumbeg, in
which Belfast is now situated. 19. The living, over eighty years after his death,
Cinament of Dirrevolgie, alias, Fealottgh,
was made up of those parts of Derryaghy,
and of Lambeg, and of Drumbeg, which
are in Upper Belfast Barony. 20. The pars, iii. , cap. Ixxvii. , pp. 371, 372.
Cinament of Clandermot comprised the parish of Tullynisk, three townlands of Derryaghy, and the east portion of Camlin. SeeRev. Dr. Reeves'"EcclesiasticalAnti- quities of Down, Connor and Dromore," Appendix GG, pp. 343 to 348.
7' The parish of Newry is partly in the baronies of Oneilland West and Upper Orior, and this is described on the " Ord-
nance Survey Townland Maps for the ''
^^ He is said to have reigned over it, for twenty-six years. He was ancestor to the Macartans of Kinalarty, county of Down.
7** HewasancestortoMagenisofIveagh, inthesamecounty. Severalofhisdescend- ants were also kings of Uladh, and St. Fergus, Bishop of Down, who died in 583, was his great-great-grandson.
79 He is said to have been grandfather to
St. Cairbre, Bishop of Coleraine, hereafter
CountyofArmagh, Sheets9,22,26,29;
as, also, partly in the baronies of Upper
Iveagh, and the Lordship of Newry, and
this portion is shown, on the "Ordnance llAch, or "Battle of Magh-Rath," p.
Survey Townland Maps for the County of Down," Sheets 35, 40, 41, 46, 47, 50, 51. The town itself is shown, on the foregoing
Sheets 26, 46, 50.
7' He was the son of Crunn Badhrai, and
the grandson of Eochad, from whom the territory of Ibh-Echach, or Iveagh, in Ulster. The baronies of Iveagh, in the
county of Down, are comprised within this
old territory. See an account of this terri-
tory and its history, in Rev. William brother or a relation to Saran, Conla and ''"
Reeves' Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Nat-Sluagh. See Ogygia," pars, iii. ,
Down, Connor and Dromore," Appendix HH, pp. 348 to 352.
73 The extent of this province, and its history, are very minutely set forth, by the Rev. Dr. ^Reeves. See i^/</. , II. , pp. 352 to369.
7* He was of the Ruderician race of Ulster.
75 He was slain, by Eochaidh Muighm- headhoin, in A. D. 357. See Dr. O'Dono- van's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 124, 125, and nn. (t, w), ibid. Un-
cap. Ixxvi. , pp. 371, 372.
'^^ Now Glenavy, near Lough Neagh, and
in the barony of Upper Massereene.
^i Jocelyn seems to allude to this place,
in these words, "qui Elom dicitur. "
*** Colgandeclares,heisunabletoidentify this spot ; but, he remarks, in Dal-aradia, and in Hy-Tuirtre, in the diocese of Connor, there were three miraculous wells, fre- quented by pilgrims, and by the people ; one of these was in the parish of Schire (Skerry) Patrick, another in the parish of
less there be a mistake in this date, or a link in the genealogy wanting, it is difficult to conceive, how his sons could have been
and when St. Patrick had now visited Ulster.
7^ See Roderick O'Flaherty's "Ogygia,"
mentioned,andfromhimalsodescended,it
is stated, the celebrated ^ngus the Culdee.
^°
330. *'
According to Roderick O'Flaherty s opinion, this Saran was fourth in descent from Caelbadh ; being the son of Mannius, son to Fathad, son of Conall, son to Cael- badh, King of Ireland. This Saran is said to have held the principality of Dalaradia, about the year 474. Bracan, called the son of King Caelbadh, and grandfather to St. Cathan, the son of Muadan, was either a
See John O' Donovan's CacVi inuigbi
654 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
covered. There, too, Daniel, distinguished as Patrick's Angel, and who was
from his short " "a dwarf/' rested from his called, stature, Abhac," signifying
well-spent life. Hence, as we are told, this church was denominated Lann- Abhaic,^5 or " the church of the dwarf. "^^ It is now a parish, in the diocese
of Connor, and denominated Glenavy, at present. ^7 While, our saint was preparing for the erection of a church, here, Saran seized his hand to expel him from the place. Then Patrick predicted, that the dynast should be ex- cluded from Heaven, and that his land even should be taken from him, during his lifetime, as a just retribution for the insult and injury he had per- petrated. While St. Patrick was engaged on his holy mission in Dal-aradia, he resolved to found a church, in that place, where Cill-Glas^^ was afterwards pointed out, but he found the people there hostile. He was repelled from
the at first he succeeded in his spot, ; but, finally
attempt, longedtohim,inaftertime. Helefttwoofhispeoplethere,andtheseare
called, Glaisiuc, or Glassicus,^? and Presbyter Liber. 5° Regretting the dis- courteous and unworthy conduct of his brother, Saran, another of Caelbadh's sons, Conla9^ made an offer of his possessions and services. 9* He received Patrick with humiUty, and gave him Domhnach-Combair,93 now known as Comber. 94 AndPatrickblessedhim,anddeclaredthatkingsandchieftains should be of his race for ever. 9s
Our saint founded a church, or a cell, while he was in Dalaradia, at
Creamclioill (Cranfield), and a third in the town of Connor.
^5 As the Britons usually called their
churches, by the denomination Lann, so it
has been inferred, by Colgan, that its patron
must have been a Briton, by birth, or, at
least, that he had been educated in Britain.
*°
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," n. 219, p. 183.
where it stands, the River Enler enters StrangfordLough. Afulleraccountofit will be found, in Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Eccle- siastical Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore," Appendix G, pp. 197 to 199. It was sometimes called Kill-Cumber. See ibid. , GG, n. (r), p. 338.
93 Colgan states, that this was a church, in his day simply called Comur, and that it was in the diocese of Down and Connor. See "Trias Thaumaturga," n. 142, p. 114. Elsewhere, he incorrectly states, that it was Mag-Commuir, a monastery of Regular Canons, in the tenitory of Delmunia, in
®7 The letter g having been prefixed by
the English settlers ; but, in Pope Nicholas'
Taxation (1306) it was simply called Len-
newy. See Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Ecclesias-
tical Antiquities of Down, Connor and
Dromore," n. (k), p. 47. Also, Appendix the Diocese of Connor. Ibid. , n. 211, p.
S, pp. 236, 237.
^ The modem name for this church has
not been discovered, but, Colgan has placed it, in the diocese of Down.
"
9' Jocelyn incorrectly calls him CoUadius.
9^ It is now known as Comber, the head of a large parish, in the baronies of Upper and Lower Castlereagh, and shown on the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the CountyofDown,"Sheets5, 6, 9, 10, li, 15, 16. The town itself is in the Lower barony, and on Sheet 10. It is situated, towards the north-west end of Strangford Lough, and the name is thought to have been derived, from the Irish word coniAiv, which means "a confluence;" because
183.
9* So far as an inference can be drawn,
from his gift of land to St. Patrick, he seems to have been a chief over part of southern Dalaradia.
95 The Catalogue of the Ulster kings states, that no less than eight of them de- built it for St. Glassan. See Monasticon scended from this Conla, namely, his son, Hibernicum," p. 8. Euchod, besides Congal, Cu-Cuaranan, 5° Colgan has made some ineffective Tomultach, Moelbressail, Lethlobhar, Longsech,andhissonAldus. Thisshows, it is thought, how true the prediction of St.
^ No doubt, the church had been called after this saint ; but, Archdall unautho- rizedly asserts, that St. Patrick specially
guesses, to discover the identity of these,
with corresponding names, entered in our Calendars.
Patrick had proved to be.
9^ Colgan leaves, to those well versed in
Irish antiquarian lore, the province of de- termining, whether this could have been
Rath-more, a parish church of this region, or a chapel, called Kill-Domnach. How- ever, the name of Domhnach Mor is now obsolete. See Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Eccle- siastical Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore," n. (a), p. 51, and Appendix U, pp. 269, 270, GG, p. 338, and nn. (t, u), also p. 346.
and the be • place
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 655
Doinhnach-mor,5S in the plain, called Damhorna,97 sometimes named98 Mac- haire-Morna,99 or more correctly Machaire Dha-morna, now Maghera-
morne,^°° a territory, lying to the south of Larne town/°^ in the County Antrini. '°2 St. Patrick also built a church, at Rath Sithe,^°3 now Rashee
parish,'°4 in the barony of Upper Antrim, where an ancient episcopal See ap- pears to have existed. '°5 There, the servant of God left two of his people. No traces of a church now remain, in that spot, although the ancient cemetery is much used, as a place for interments. He also erected the church, called Kill-chonadhain, or Tulach,'°^ or Telach-Conadain,^°7 which is supposed to be, the chapeiry of St. Cunning,^°^ in the parish of Carncastle,^°9 near Larne. "° Hebuilt,. likewise,atGluarie,"^inLatharnaorLarneterritory,"^ and now known as the church of Glenarm,"3 or Tickmacrevan. "+ This place is
97 The Irish Tripartite Life has Magh- Damhairne.
9^ By Colgan, elsewhere. See "Trias
Thaumaturga," n. 88, p. 177. Primate feet, are yet to be seen, in the townland of Dowdall's Registry of the year 1546, Saint Cunning. The Calendar of the slightly departing from the Irish mot)Ai|vn,
or Modhorna, calls it Morine.
99 The Terrier has noticed this place, as the Deanery of Mauchrimorne.
'°°
It adjoins the parish of Inver on the south, and this district now gives name to an estate in the parish of Glynn. On ac- count of its having been pronounced Mourne, this place has been sometimes confounded with the mountainous region of Mourne, in the county of Down. The name of the Antrim plain of Mourne has been preserved in Lough Mourne, a lake ninety acres in extent, and situated in the north- eastern part of Carrickfergus parish. See
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for
the of Sheet The County Antrim," 46.
Tuogh. of Maghery-mome contained the parishes of Inver, Glynn and Raloo.
'°' The parish of Larne, in the barony of Upper Glenarm, is shown on the "Ord- nance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," Sheets 35, 40. The
town itself is shown on the latter Sheet.
tending from the town of Larne northwards along the coast, was so called. A view and description of scenes here are given in the " Dublin Penny Journal," vol. ii. , No. 64, PP- 93> 94- The original name of the town and harbour was Ollarba ; and, this is found to have been afterwards
'°^
"
corrupted, into Ulfreksfiord, Wulfrichford, Wulvriche- ford, Inver, Inverth, Ulderfleet Haven,
In this district, placed in Dail-na-
quoe est contra mare in Aquilonali
raidhe,
provincise plaga Ultorum," the celebrated St. Comgall, Abbot of Bangor, was born. Vita S. Comgalli, in the "Liber Kilkenni- ensis," of Marsh's Library, Dublin.
'°3 It means, "fairy rath," showing how ancient is the Irish popular belief, in those
imaginary beings. A charter of James I. annexed this parish, called Rathsith, to the Prebend of Carncastle.
'°* See it described, on the " Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of Antrim. " Sheets 38, 39, 44, 45. The town- land of Rashee is on the latter Sheet.
'°5 Our Irish Annals record the death of
several among its bishops. See Rev. Dr. "
Wolderfrith, "Wolverflete, and Olderfleet. ''3 The accompanying view of this town is from a photograph, taken on the spot. This was transferred to the wood, by William F. Wakeman, and it was en-
graved by Mrs. Millard.
''* The parish of Tickmacrevan, in the barony of Lower Glenarm, is noted on the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," Sheets 25, 29, 30,
34, 35. 39-
"5 In the parish are three small denomi-
nations, or townlands, called Glore, Glebe, and Old Church, joining each other ; but, these seem to have been formed into sub-
Reeves' Ecclesiastical Antiquities of divisions, from the original townland of
Down, Connor and Dromore," n. (p), pp. 68, 69, and, also, Appendix T, p. 263.
'°*
These names it had, according to the Latin Tripartite Life.
Glore. On the Glebe is the churchyard, with the foundations of the ancient church, which measure 45 by 15 feet. See the Rev. Dr. Reeves' "Ecclesiastical Antiqui*
'°7 This name for the place occurs, in the Irish Tripartite.
"9 This parish, in the barony of Upper Glenarm, is described on the " Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," Sheets 29, 30, 34, 35. The town- land of St. Cunning is on the latter Sheet. Under the name of Sancti Conic, by a charter of James I. , it has been united to Rasharkan.
"° See Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro- more," pp. 53, 54, n. (d). And, also. Ap- pendix GG, n. (w), p. 338.
'" Mac Laisre is said to have rested in it. His identity has not been ascertained.
'" aconsiderable ex- Originally, district,
"'^ Its foundations, measuring 48 by 20
O'Clerys has a St. Conaing, son of Lacunan, at the 23rd of September.
656 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
still called " the Glore. " "s The charming scenes, in and about Glenarm, liewithintheparishofTickmacrevan. "^ Anoldchurchruin"? iswithinthe Earl of Antrim's beautiful demense, and beside the river, which flows behind themainstreetofthetown,intotheIrishSea. "^ AFranciscanAbbey"?
Glenarm, County of Antrim.
formerly stood, on the site of the present Protestant church, which rises near the sea-shore. "° St. Patrick founded a church,"' hkewise, in the valley, called Glennindechta,"^ or Gleann-indeachta,"3 which is now the church of Glynn,"*
ties of DoOTi, Connor and Dromore," pp. Journal noticed some remains of this build- "
51, 52, n. (b), p. 87, n. (k), and Appendix ing. See Monasticon Hibernicum," p.
U, pp. 264 to 270, CC, p. 299, GG, p. 338,. n. (x. )
6. Only some foundations of it are now in
the churchyard, and these seem to indicate, that it had been cruciform.
'-° Most probably, the old parish church
of the place was in Bridge-street, where
stood an ancient chapel and a burying-
ground, beside the Glenarm River.
""
This is properly speaking a union of
Tickmacrevan and of Templeoughter. The
Irish name, CeAmpuLl, u4ccai]\, means
"theUpperChurch. " Theexactbounda-
ries are now undistinguishable. In the Taxation of Pope Nicholas, Tickmacrevan
"
is called
but, by a capricious distribution, it is placed in the Deanery of Turtrye.
''7 This was formerly called St. Mary's, and at the Dissolution, it became appro- priate to the Blessed Mary's Abbey of Kells. Here are traces of foundations, and a small portion of the cemetery, beside a stream, a little to the south of Glenarm Castle. There was the site of the former
Templeoughter church.
"^ These various objects are denoted, on
the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," Sheet 29.
"9 On the authority of Allemande, Arch- dall states, that it was founded in 1465, by Robert Bisset, a Scotchman. Pococke's
'-'
It was situated, in that part of Trian
St. Patrick's church of Glenarm,"
Conguill, called Machaire-Morna, or Mod- horna. Theruinsofthischurchareonthe
banks of a river, in a shady glen, and they are interesting, from a picturesque point of view, and because the church had a distinc- tive nave and chancel. The former measures 44 feet 6 inches in the clear ; and the latter 32 feet 2 inches, by 14 feet 4
inches. The original building, at a remote period, appears to have been the nave, and it has square windows ; the chancel seems to have been superadded, and its east
window is pointed.
'--
So is the name written, in the Irish Tripartite Life.
'=3 So found, in the Latin version. This name is written ^lednn -pineAcc^, in an
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 657
barony of Lower Belfast, county of Antrim. "5 St. Patrick also built a church, at Imlech Cluana,'^^ in Semhne,'^7 and there Coemhan's remains lie. '^^ Semhne, or Shevny,'^9 is thought to have been an ancient name, for Island Magee,^3o lying to the north-east of Carrickfergus,^3i in the county of Antrim. However, with regard to the greater part of the establishments, attributed to St. Patrick's foundation, Dr. Lanigan thinks, there is no sufficient authority to prove, that they owe their origin to the great Irish Apostle ; while, it is supposed, the very names are calculated, to assign their erection to other persons. ^32 We are told, by Jocelyn, that when St. Patrick made a journey through that part of Ulster, known as Dalaradia, he passed by a place called Mucoomuir,'33 where his disciple Benignus saw choirs of angels, filling that place with celestial splendour. Also, he heard from the skies a harmonious concertoftheDivinepraises. Thisvisiondisappearing,atlength,herelated to Saint Patrick, all he had witnessed. Being inspired by God, St. Patrick declared to his
said
time, all happened to be true, as the saint foretold ;^34 but, Colgan remarks, that it is not an easy matter to pronounce, whether such prophecy had reference to St. Colman of Dromore,'35 or to St. Colman Ela,'36 j^q^i^ Qf whom are known to have lived in Dalaradia. '37 Again, as we learn, St. Patrick founded Rath-Escuip-Indich,'38 or Rath-Easpuic Innic,'39 in the territory of Ui-Erca-Chein,'<° or Hua-Dercachein,'4i which has been called variously, in English records, Anderken and Sluthenderkeys. 'iz Here, a Bishop Innoch, or Indich, Vinnoc, or Winnoc,''t3 from whom this church de-
disciples,
" that a son of
whose name shall be
old Irish verse. See Archbishop Ussher's
land," vol. i,, chap, vi. , sect. iii. , n. 23, pp. 268, 269.
'33 Now Muckamore, a little to the south
of Antrim tovra, where the Six Mile Water
flows into Lough Neagh.
'34 gee " Sexta Vita S. Patricii," cap.
xcvi. , p. 87.
135 Venerated on the 7th of June.
'3S Venerated on the 26th of September, '37 See ibid. , n. 106, p. 113.
"S According to the Irish Tripartite Life. '39 According to the Latin Tripartite
Life. It means, "the fort of Bishop
" Innic.
"1° So is it rendered, in the Irish Tripar- tite Life.
"»' It is thus written, in the Latin Tripar-
tite Life. Colgan identifies this place, with
the valley of the Braid, in the barony of Antrim. But this is incorrect.
'••= This district was in Dalaradia, and it is said to have been in the present barony of Castlereagh, County of Down, adjoining
"Works," vol. vi.
"
Britannicarutn Ec-
clesiarum Antiquitates," cap. xv. , p. 146. "^ Formerly called Glenfinneacht.
'=5 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Ecclesiastical
Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro-
more," p. 56, n, (m. ) Also, Appendix FF,
n- (w), p. 329.
'^'^^
It has not been identified.
'=7 Said to have been a plain of Dalara-
dia, in the south of Antrim County. See John O'Donovan's CAch niuighi UAch, or
"Battle of Magh Rath," p. 211.
'^^
place,whenhemakesit lieinHy-Tuirtre.
Archdall unwarrantably states, that St. Patrick built an abbey here for St. Coeman.
See "Monasticon Hibernicum," pp. 7, 8. "9 As identified with Island Magee, it
contained six churches, one of which, called Kilkenane, may have its name corruptly formed from St. Caemhan.
'3° See an account of it, in Rev. Dr.
Colgan seems to have mistaken the
what that admirable vision " Know portended.
will build a church in that place, where he shall gather together many sons of light. These shall become with the angels, cohabitants of the heavenly city, andhehimselfshallbeaprimateandlegateforallIreland. " Inprocessof
then,"
he,
life,
Colmanellus,
Reeves' "Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Strangford Lougli. It is supposed to be
Down, Connor and Dromore," Appendix V, pp. 270 to 272.
13: This parish, in the barony so named, "
the present Castle Espic, the ruins of which lie within a large rath, on its western shore. These are in a townland of the same name,
is noted on the Ordnance Survey Town- and this has always been ecclesiastical
land Maps for the County of Antrim," Sheets 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 57. The town Itself is on Sheet 52.
'3^ See " Ecclesiastical Histoiy of Ire-
property. See Miss Cusack's " Life of St. Patrick," n, 9, p. 443.
143 Colgan identifies him with a Bishop
Winocus, or Uindic, of Tuighnetha, or 2T
658 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
rived its name, had been placed. He was a disciple of St. Patrick, but very
little is known, regarding his history. ^'^*
Some time after the aforesaid Saran had incurred that malediction,
already mentioned, he bore off many persons into captivity, from the district ofDal-Riada. Duringthoseravages. BishopOlcan'45methim,andthepoor
people grievously complained, about their sad condition. The compas- sionate Olcan, respected for his holiness of life, interceded ; but, this inter- vention was of no avail, unless he should assure Heaven to the tyrant Saran. The holy bishop alleged, that he had been a great persecutor of the Church, and notorious for his crimes, while he was still under the ban of St. Patrick's malediction. At first, Saran threatened death to the captives, as also to all monks and clerics. '^e However, the innocent bishop, believing too readily in the tyrant's feigned repentance and submission, or dreading the effects of his wrath, and accepting the promises he made to live like a Christian, received his professions, admitted him to baptism, and blessed him, saying, that he should obtain the rewards of eternal life. This whole transaction seems to have been incorrectly represented to the Irish Apostle ; and, in conse- quence, he had prejudged the case, having conceived a strong dislike, regard-
ingtheactionofhisfavouritedisciple. ItwasreportedtoPatrick,thatBishop Olcan had promised baptism and Heaven to him, who had been formerly denied
theirpossession. Wherefore,Saran'sguiltwasherelaiduponBishopOlcan,for having, even although unwittingly, sought to remove the malediction, and to
falsify the prophecy of the holy Apostle. Olcan came, afterwards, from the north, humbly to offer submission, for he learned that Patrick was greatly scandalized, on account of what he had done. They met to the north of Cluain-Fiachna,^'t7 on the way, while going in different directions. Imme- diately, Olcan threw himself on his knees, and humbly besought his master's pardon for that offence, and it was at last obtained, yet with much diffi- culty. ^'^ As a reproof for his infraction of ecclesiastical discipline, and weak compliance with Saran's wishes, the holy Apostle declared to Bishop Olcan, that his establishment on earth should not be high, and that it must be thrice destroyed. These predictions were afterwards fulfilled ; for, it was ruined by Scandal, ^^g King of Dal Araidhe, as also by Cucuaran,^5o ^^d it
suffered by fire. It happened, that Macnessius,^5i the disciple of Olcan, and
afterwards
of was " son of and Bishop Connor, present. Laechdich, Bresal,
doubt much the correctness of this identifi- cation.
'"t* Thus is the occurrence related, in the Irish Tripartite Life: "The chariot over him," said Patrick. " It is not allowable," said the charioteer, " that it should go over a bishop. "
"is This was Scanlan of the Broad Shield,
father of Cengal Claen, King of Ulidia, or Dalaradia, ten years, who was slain at the
battle of Maghrath, near Newry, county of Down, a. d. 634, according to the chrono- logy of the Four Masters, A. D. 636, follow- ing the Annals of Ulster and the Chronicon
Scotorum, or A. D. 637, according to Tiger- nach.
'50 He was King of Ulidia and of the
Cruithni. He was slain by Finnchu
Cusack's "Life of St. Patrick," to have
been Clonfeacle, in the barony of Dun-
gannon, and county of Tyrone, about five
miles north of Armagh; however, wc tember. He died A. D. 513.
Tynan, in the county of Armagh, and whose feast occurs, at the 29th of August.
'^* Regarding many of the churches, pre- viously named and identified, Archdall in his "Monasticon Hibernicum," had pro- nounced their situation to be unknown.
'•s He was venerated, at the 20th of Feb-
ruary,
'''^ Thus is the matter stated, in the Irish
Tripartite Life : "I cannot do so, indeed,"
"
of Heaven. " "I shall kill thy people
about thee, thyself excepted," said Saran, "and I will slay all these captives ; and, wherever I shall find a priest (tailcend), I shall bring him under the edge of the
sword. "
'^7 This is said, in a note, affixed to Miss
said Olcan,
for Patrick has deprived thee
O'Ronan, a. d. 706, according to the " Annals of the Four Masters. "
's^ His festival occurs, at the 3rd ot Sep-
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 659
his land, shall belong to the young boy beanng the satchel," '32 said Patrick, " one of thy own people, i. e. , Mac Nisse of Condere,^53 and to one not born asyet,namely,Senan,^54ofInis-Altich.
three of
those sons are mentioned however their relationship seems to have been
more remote. 7^ These are called, Saran,? ? Connla,? ^ and Nad-Sluagh. 79 A
prince, named Saran, is said to have succeeded his father Caelbabh, as King of Uladh. ^° However, during Saran's^^ term of rule, Patrick arrived in the principality of Dalaradia ; but, the saint was treated with contumely and in- sult, by that prince. He was a fierce pagan, and a man of depraved morals, while he seems to have been unscrupulous, in his modes of action. Our saint determined that he would found a place, where, according to the Irish Tripar-
" "^^ tite Life, Lathrach-Patraic, or Patrick's site
was shown the Latin ; but,
Patrick, contemporaries,
"
time, here was pointed out Slan,^* the name given to a well, which Patrick dis-
Tripartite calls it Lettir-Phadruic, signifying,
Patrick's slope. " ^3 In after
Belfast. 18. The Tough of the Fall, alias,
Mylone, contained the southern portion of
Shankill, and the parish of Drumbeg, in
which Belfast is now situated. 19. The living, over eighty years after his death,
Cinament of Dirrevolgie, alias, Fealottgh,
was made up of those parts of Derryaghy,
and of Lambeg, and of Drumbeg, which
are in Upper Belfast Barony. 20. The pars, iii. , cap. Ixxvii. , pp. 371, 372.
Cinament of Clandermot comprised the parish of Tullynisk, three townlands of Derryaghy, and the east portion of Camlin. SeeRev. Dr. Reeves'"EcclesiasticalAnti- quities of Down, Connor and Dromore," Appendix GG, pp. 343 to 348.
7' The parish of Newry is partly in the baronies of Oneilland West and Upper Orior, and this is described on the " Ord-
nance Survey Townland Maps for the ''
^^ He is said to have reigned over it, for twenty-six years. He was ancestor to the Macartans of Kinalarty, county of Down.
7** HewasancestortoMagenisofIveagh, inthesamecounty. Severalofhisdescend- ants were also kings of Uladh, and St. Fergus, Bishop of Down, who died in 583, was his great-great-grandson.
79 He is said to have been grandfather to
St. Cairbre, Bishop of Coleraine, hereafter
CountyofArmagh, Sheets9,22,26,29;
as, also, partly in the baronies of Upper
Iveagh, and the Lordship of Newry, and
this portion is shown, on the "Ordnance llAch, or "Battle of Magh-Rath," p.
Survey Townland Maps for the County of Down," Sheets 35, 40, 41, 46, 47, 50, 51. The town itself is shown, on the foregoing
Sheets 26, 46, 50.
7' He was the son of Crunn Badhrai, and
the grandson of Eochad, from whom the territory of Ibh-Echach, or Iveagh, in Ulster. The baronies of Iveagh, in the
county of Down, are comprised within this
old territory. See an account of this terri-
tory and its history, in Rev. William brother or a relation to Saran, Conla and ''"
Reeves' Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Nat-Sluagh. See Ogygia," pars, iii. ,
Down, Connor and Dromore," Appendix HH, pp. 348 to 352.
73 The extent of this province, and its history, are very minutely set forth, by the Rev. Dr. ^Reeves. See i^/</. , II. , pp. 352 to369.
7* He was of the Ruderician race of Ulster.
75 He was slain, by Eochaidh Muighm- headhoin, in A. D. 357. See Dr. O'Dono- van's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 124, 125, and nn. (t, w), ibid. Un-
cap. Ixxvi. , pp. 371, 372.
'^^ Now Glenavy, near Lough Neagh, and
in the barony of Upper Massereene.
^i Jocelyn seems to allude to this place,
in these words, "qui Elom dicitur. "
*** Colgandeclares,heisunabletoidentify this spot ; but, he remarks, in Dal-aradia, and in Hy-Tuirtre, in the diocese of Connor, there were three miraculous wells, fre- quented by pilgrims, and by the people ; one of these was in the parish of Schire (Skerry) Patrick, another in the parish of
less there be a mistake in this date, or a link in the genealogy wanting, it is difficult to conceive, how his sons could have been
and when St. Patrick had now visited Ulster.
7^ See Roderick O'Flaherty's "Ogygia,"
mentioned,andfromhimalsodescended,it
is stated, the celebrated ^ngus the Culdee.
^°
330. *'
According to Roderick O'Flaherty s opinion, this Saran was fourth in descent from Caelbadh ; being the son of Mannius, son to Fathad, son of Conall, son to Cael- badh, King of Ireland. This Saran is said to have held the principality of Dalaradia, about the year 474. Bracan, called the son of King Caelbadh, and grandfather to St. Cathan, the son of Muadan, was either a
See John O' Donovan's CacVi inuigbi
654 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
covered. There, too, Daniel, distinguished as Patrick's Angel, and who was
from his short " "a dwarf/' rested from his called, stature, Abhac," signifying
well-spent life. Hence, as we are told, this church was denominated Lann- Abhaic,^5 or " the church of the dwarf. "^^ It is now a parish, in the diocese
of Connor, and denominated Glenavy, at present. ^7 While, our saint was preparing for the erection of a church, here, Saran seized his hand to expel him from the place. Then Patrick predicted, that the dynast should be ex- cluded from Heaven, and that his land even should be taken from him, during his lifetime, as a just retribution for the insult and injury he had per- petrated. While St. Patrick was engaged on his holy mission in Dal-aradia, he resolved to found a church, in that place, where Cill-Glas^^ was afterwards pointed out, but he found the people there hostile. He was repelled from
the at first he succeeded in his spot, ; but, finally
attempt, longedtohim,inaftertime. Helefttwoofhispeoplethere,andtheseare
called, Glaisiuc, or Glassicus,^? and Presbyter Liber. 5° Regretting the dis- courteous and unworthy conduct of his brother, Saran, another of Caelbadh's sons, Conla9^ made an offer of his possessions and services. 9* He received Patrick with humiUty, and gave him Domhnach-Combair,93 now known as Comber. 94 AndPatrickblessedhim,anddeclaredthatkingsandchieftains should be of his race for ever. 9s
Our saint founded a church, or a cell, while he was in Dalaradia, at
Creamclioill (Cranfield), and a third in the town of Connor.
^5 As the Britons usually called their
churches, by the denomination Lann, so it
has been inferred, by Colgan, that its patron
must have been a Briton, by birth, or, at
least, that he had been educated in Britain.
*°
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," n. 219, p. 183.
where it stands, the River Enler enters StrangfordLough. Afulleraccountofit will be found, in Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Eccle- siastical Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore," Appendix G, pp. 197 to 199. It was sometimes called Kill-Cumber. See ibid. , GG, n. (r), p. 338.
93 Colgan states, that this was a church, in his day simply called Comur, and that it was in the diocese of Down and Connor. See "Trias Thaumaturga," n. 142, p. 114. Elsewhere, he incorrectly states, that it was Mag-Commuir, a monastery of Regular Canons, in the tenitory of Delmunia, in
®7 The letter g having been prefixed by
the English settlers ; but, in Pope Nicholas'
Taxation (1306) it was simply called Len-
newy. See Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Ecclesias-
tical Antiquities of Down, Connor and
Dromore," n. (k), p. 47. Also, Appendix the Diocese of Connor. Ibid. , n. 211, p.
S, pp. 236, 237.
^ The modem name for this church has
not been discovered, but, Colgan has placed it, in the diocese of Down.
"
9' Jocelyn incorrectly calls him CoUadius.
9^ It is now known as Comber, the head of a large parish, in the baronies of Upper and Lower Castlereagh, and shown on the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the CountyofDown,"Sheets5, 6, 9, 10, li, 15, 16. The town itself is in the Lower barony, and on Sheet 10. It is situated, towards the north-west end of Strangford Lough, and the name is thought to have been derived, from the Irish word coniAiv, which means "a confluence;" because
183.
9* So far as an inference can be drawn,
from his gift of land to St. Patrick, he seems to have been a chief over part of southern Dalaradia.
95 The Catalogue of the Ulster kings states, that no less than eight of them de- built it for St. Glassan. See Monasticon scended from this Conla, namely, his son, Hibernicum," p. 8. Euchod, besides Congal, Cu-Cuaranan, 5° Colgan has made some ineffective Tomultach, Moelbressail, Lethlobhar, Longsech,andhissonAldus. Thisshows, it is thought, how true the prediction of St.
^ No doubt, the church had been called after this saint ; but, Archdall unautho- rizedly asserts, that St. Patrick specially
guesses, to discover the identity of these,
with corresponding names, entered in our Calendars.
Patrick had proved to be.
9^ Colgan leaves, to those well versed in
Irish antiquarian lore, the province of de- termining, whether this could have been
Rath-more, a parish church of this region, or a chapel, called Kill-Domnach. How- ever, the name of Domhnach Mor is now obsolete. See Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Eccle- siastical Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore," n. (a), p. 51, and Appendix U, pp. 269, 270, GG, p. 338, and nn. (t, u), also p. 346.
and the be • place
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 655
Doinhnach-mor,5S in the plain, called Damhorna,97 sometimes named98 Mac- haire-Morna,99 or more correctly Machaire Dha-morna, now Maghera-
morne,^°° a territory, lying to the south of Larne town/°^ in the County Antrini. '°2 St. Patrick also built a church, at Rath Sithe,^°3 now Rashee
parish,'°4 in the barony of Upper Antrim, where an ancient episcopal See ap- pears to have existed. '°5 There, the servant of God left two of his people. No traces of a church now remain, in that spot, although the ancient cemetery is much used, as a place for interments. He also erected the church, called Kill-chonadhain, or Tulach,'°^ or Telach-Conadain,^°7 which is supposed to be, the chapeiry of St. Cunning,^°^ in the parish of Carncastle,^°9 near Larne. "° Hebuilt,. likewise,atGluarie,"^inLatharnaorLarneterritory,"^ and now known as the church of Glenarm,"3 or Tickmacrevan. "+ This place is
97 The Irish Tripartite Life has Magh- Damhairne.
9^ By Colgan, elsewhere. See "Trias
Thaumaturga," n. 88, p. 177. Primate feet, are yet to be seen, in the townland of Dowdall's Registry of the year 1546, Saint Cunning. The Calendar of the slightly departing from the Irish mot)Ai|vn,
or Modhorna, calls it Morine.
99 The Terrier has noticed this place, as the Deanery of Mauchrimorne.
'°°
It adjoins the parish of Inver on the south, and this district now gives name to an estate in the parish of Glynn. On ac- count of its having been pronounced Mourne, this place has been sometimes confounded with the mountainous region of Mourne, in the county of Down. The name of the Antrim plain of Mourne has been preserved in Lough Mourne, a lake ninety acres in extent, and situated in the north- eastern part of Carrickfergus parish. See
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for
the of Sheet The County Antrim," 46.
Tuogh. of Maghery-mome contained the parishes of Inver, Glynn and Raloo.
'°' The parish of Larne, in the barony of Upper Glenarm, is shown on the "Ord- nance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," Sheets 35, 40. The
town itself is shown on the latter Sheet.
tending from the town of Larne northwards along the coast, was so called. A view and description of scenes here are given in the " Dublin Penny Journal," vol. ii. , No. 64, PP- 93> 94- The original name of the town and harbour was Ollarba ; and, this is found to have been afterwards
'°^
"
corrupted, into Ulfreksfiord, Wulfrichford, Wulvriche- ford, Inver, Inverth, Ulderfleet Haven,
In this district, placed in Dail-na-
quoe est contra mare in Aquilonali
raidhe,
provincise plaga Ultorum," the celebrated St. Comgall, Abbot of Bangor, was born. Vita S. Comgalli, in the "Liber Kilkenni- ensis," of Marsh's Library, Dublin.
'°3 It means, "fairy rath," showing how ancient is the Irish popular belief, in those
imaginary beings. A charter of James I. annexed this parish, called Rathsith, to the Prebend of Carncastle.
'°* See it described, on the " Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of Antrim. " Sheets 38, 39, 44, 45. The town- land of Rashee is on the latter Sheet.
'°5 Our Irish Annals record the death of
several among its bishops. See Rev. Dr. "
Wolderfrith, "Wolverflete, and Olderfleet. ''3 The accompanying view of this town is from a photograph, taken on the spot. This was transferred to the wood, by William F. Wakeman, and it was en-
graved by Mrs. Millard.
''* The parish of Tickmacrevan, in the barony of Lower Glenarm, is noted on the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," Sheets 25, 29, 30,
34, 35. 39-
"5 In the parish are three small denomi-
nations, or townlands, called Glore, Glebe, and Old Church, joining each other ; but, these seem to have been formed into sub-
Reeves' Ecclesiastical Antiquities of divisions, from the original townland of
Down, Connor and Dromore," n. (p), pp. 68, 69, and, also, Appendix T, p. 263.
'°*
These names it had, according to the Latin Tripartite Life.
Glore. On the Glebe is the churchyard, with the foundations of the ancient church, which measure 45 by 15 feet. See the Rev. Dr. Reeves' "Ecclesiastical Antiqui*
'°7 This name for the place occurs, in the Irish Tripartite.
"9 This parish, in the barony of Upper Glenarm, is described on the " Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," Sheets 29, 30, 34, 35. The town- land of St. Cunning is on the latter Sheet. Under the name of Sancti Conic, by a charter of James I. , it has been united to Rasharkan.
"° See Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro- more," pp. 53, 54, n. (d). And, also. Ap- pendix GG, n. (w), p. 338.
'" Mac Laisre is said to have rested in it. His identity has not been ascertained.
'" aconsiderable ex- Originally, district,
"'^ Its foundations, measuring 48 by 20
O'Clerys has a St. Conaing, son of Lacunan, at the 23rd of September.
656 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
still called " the Glore. " "s The charming scenes, in and about Glenarm, liewithintheparishofTickmacrevan. "^ Anoldchurchruin"? iswithinthe Earl of Antrim's beautiful demense, and beside the river, which flows behind themainstreetofthetown,intotheIrishSea. "^ AFranciscanAbbey"?
Glenarm, County of Antrim.
formerly stood, on the site of the present Protestant church, which rises near the sea-shore. "° St. Patrick founded a church,"' hkewise, in the valley, called Glennindechta,"^ or Gleann-indeachta,"3 which is now the church of Glynn,"*
ties of DoOTi, Connor and Dromore," pp. Journal noticed some remains of this build- "
51, 52, n. (b), p. 87, n. (k), and Appendix ing. See Monasticon Hibernicum," p.
U, pp. 264 to 270, CC, p. 299, GG, p. 338,. n. (x. )
6. Only some foundations of it are now in
the churchyard, and these seem to indicate, that it had been cruciform.
'-° Most probably, the old parish church
of the place was in Bridge-street, where
stood an ancient chapel and a burying-
ground, beside the Glenarm River.
""
This is properly speaking a union of
Tickmacrevan and of Templeoughter. The
Irish name, CeAmpuLl, u4ccai]\, means
"theUpperChurch. " Theexactbounda-
ries are now undistinguishable. In the Taxation of Pope Nicholas, Tickmacrevan
"
is called
but, by a capricious distribution, it is placed in the Deanery of Turtrye.
''7 This was formerly called St. Mary's, and at the Dissolution, it became appro- priate to the Blessed Mary's Abbey of Kells. Here are traces of foundations, and a small portion of the cemetery, beside a stream, a little to the south of Glenarm Castle. There was the site of the former
Templeoughter church.
"^ These various objects are denoted, on
the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," Sheet 29.
"9 On the authority of Allemande, Arch- dall states, that it was founded in 1465, by Robert Bisset, a Scotchman. Pococke's
'-'
It was situated, in that part of Trian
St. Patrick's church of Glenarm,"
Conguill, called Machaire-Morna, or Mod- horna. Theruinsofthischurchareonthe
banks of a river, in a shady glen, and they are interesting, from a picturesque point of view, and because the church had a distinc- tive nave and chancel. The former measures 44 feet 6 inches in the clear ; and the latter 32 feet 2 inches, by 14 feet 4
inches. The original building, at a remote period, appears to have been the nave, and it has square windows ; the chancel seems to have been superadded, and its east
window is pointed.
'--
So is the name written, in the Irish Tripartite Life.
'=3 So found, in the Latin version. This name is written ^lednn -pineAcc^, in an
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 657
barony of Lower Belfast, county of Antrim. "5 St. Patrick also built a church, at Imlech Cluana,'^^ in Semhne,'^7 and there Coemhan's remains lie. '^^ Semhne, or Shevny,'^9 is thought to have been an ancient name, for Island Magee,^3o lying to the north-east of Carrickfergus,^3i in the county of Antrim. However, with regard to the greater part of the establishments, attributed to St. Patrick's foundation, Dr. Lanigan thinks, there is no sufficient authority to prove, that they owe their origin to the great Irish Apostle ; while, it is supposed, the very names are calculated, to assign their erection to other persons. ^32 We are told, by Jocelyn, that when St. Patrick made a journey through that part of Ulster, known as Dalaradia, he passed by a place called Mucoomuir,'33 where his disciple Benignus saw choirs of angels, filling that place with celestial splendour. Also, he heard from the skies a harmonious concertoftheDivinepraises. Thisvisiondisappearing,atlength,herelated to Saint Patrick, all he had witnessed. Being inspired by God, St. Patrick declared to his
said
time, all happened to be true, as the saint foretold ;^34 but, Colgan remarks, that it is not an easy matter to pronounce, whether such prophecy had reference to St. Colman of Dromore,'35 or to St. Colman Ela,'36 j^q^i^ Qf whom are known to have lived in Dalaradia. '37 Again, as we learn, St. Patrick founded Rath-Escuip-Indich,'38 or Rath-Easpuic Innic,'39 in the territory of Ui-Erca-Chein,'<° or Hua-Dercachein,'4i which has been called variously, in English records, Anderken and Sluthenderkeys. 'iz Here, a Bishop Innoch, or Indich, Vinnoc, or Winnoc,''t3 from whom this church de-
disciples,
" that a son of
whose name shall be
old Irish verse. See Archbishop Ussher's
land," vol. i,, chap, vi. , sect. iii. , n. 23, pp. 268, 269.
'33 Now Muckamore, a little to the south
of Antrim tovra, where the Six Mile Water
flows into Lough Neagh.
'34 gee " Sexta Vita S. Patricii," cap.
xcvi. , p. 87.
135 Venerated on the 7th of June.
'3S Venerated on the 26th of September, '37 See ibid. , n. 106, p. 113.
"S According to the Irish Tripartite Life. '39 According to the Latin Tripartite
Life. It means, "the fort of Bishop
" Innic.
"1° So is it rendered, in the Irish Tripar- tite Life.
"»' It is thus written, in the Latin Tripar-
tite Life. Colgan identifies this place, with
the valley of the Braid, in the barony of Antrim. But this is incorrect.
'••= This district was in Dalaradia, and it is said to have been in the present barony of Castlereagh, County of Down, adjoining
"Works," vol. vi.
"
Britannicarutn Ec-
clesiarum Antiquitates," cap. xv. , p. 146. "^ Formerly called Glenfinneacht.
'=5 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' " Ecclesiastical
Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro-
more," p. 56, n, (m. ) Also, Appendix FF,
n- (w), p. 329.
'^'^^
It has not been identified.
'=7 Said to have been a plain of Dalara-
dia, in the south of Antrim County. See John O'Donovan's CAch niuighi UAch, or
"Battle of Magh Rath," p. 211.
'^^
place,whenhemakesit lieinHy-Tuirtre.
Archdall unwarrantably states, that St. Patrick built an abbey here for St. Coeman.
See "Monasticon Hibernicum," pp. 7, 8. "9 As identified with Island Magee, it
contained six churches, one of which, called Kilkenane, may have its name corruptly formed from St. Caemhan.
'3° See an account of it, in Rev. Dr.
Colgan seems to have mistaken the
what that admirable vision " Know portended.
will build a church in that place, where he shall gather together many sons of light. These shall become with the angels, cohabitants of the heavenly city, andhehimselfshallbeaprimateandlegateforallIreland. " Inprocessof
then,"
he,
life,
Colmanellus,
Reeves' "Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Strangford Lougli. It is supposed to be
Down, Connor and Dromore," Appendix V, pp. 270 to 272.
13: This parish, in the barony so named, "
the present Castle Espic, the ruins of which lie within a large rath, on its western shore. These are in a townland of the same name,
is noted on the Ordnance Survey Town- and this has always been ecclesiastical
land Maps for the County of Antrim," Sheets 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 57. The town Itself is on Sheet 52.
'3^ See " Ecclesiastical Histoiy of Ire-
property. See Miss Cusack's " Life of St. Patrick," n, 9, p. 443.
143 Colgan identifies him with a Bishop
Winocus, or Uindic, of Tuighnetha, or 2T
658 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
rived its name, had been placed. He was a disciple of St. Patrick, but very
little is known, regarding his history. ^'^*
Some time after the aforesaid Saran had incurred that malediction,
already mentioned, he bore off many persons into captivity, from the district ofDal-Riada. Duringthoseravages. BishopOlcan'45methim,andthepoor
people grievously complained, about their sad condition. The compas- sionate Olcan, respected for his holiness of life, interceded ; but, this inter- vention was of no avail, unless he should assure Heaven to the tyrant Saran. The holy bishop alleged, that he had been a great persecutor of the Church, and notorious for his crimes, while he was still under the ban of St. Patrick's malediction. At first, Saran threatened death to the captives, as also to all monks and clerics. '^e However, the innocent bishop, believing too readily in the tyrant's feigned repentance and submission, or dreading the effects of his wrath, and accepting the promises he made to live like a Christian, received his professions, admitted him to baptism, and blessed him, saying, that he should obtain the rewards of eternal life. This whole transaction seems to have been incorrectly represented to the Irish Apostle ; and, in conse- quence, he had prejudged the case, having conceived a strong dislike, regard-
ingtheactionofhisfavouritedisciple. ItwasreportedtoPatrick,thatBishop Olcan had promised baptism and Heaven to him, who had been formerly denied
theirpossession. Wherefore,Saran'sguiltwasherelaiduponBishopOlcan,for having, even although unwittingly, sought to remove the malediction, and to
falsify the prophecy of the holy Apostle. Olcan came, afterwards, from the north, humbly to offer submission, for he learned that Patrick was greatly scandalized, on account of what he had done. They met to the north of Cluain-Fiachna,^'t7 on the way, while going in different directions. Imme- diately, Olcan threw himself on his knees, and humbly besought his master's pardon for that offence, and it was at last obtained, yet with much diffi- culty. ^'^ As a reproof for his infraction of ecclesiastical discipline, and weak compliance with Saran's wishes, the holy Apostle declared to Bishop Olcan, that his establishment on earth should not be high, and that it must be thrice destroyed. These predictions were afterwards fulfilled ; for, it was ruined by Scandal, ^^g King of Dal Araidhe, as also by Cucuaran,^5o ^^d it
suffered by fire. It happened, that Macnessius,^5i the disciple of Olcan, and
afterwards
of was " son of and Bishop Connor, present. Laechdich, Bresal,
doubt much the correctness of this identifi- cation.
'"t* Thus is the occurrence related, in the Irish Tripartite Life: "The chariot over him," said Patrick. " It is not allowable," said the charioteer, " that it should go over a bishop. "
"is This was Scanlan of the Broad Shield,
father of Cengal Claen, King of Ulidia, or Dalaradia, ten years, who was slain at the
battle of Maghrath, near Newry, county of Down, a. d. 634, according to the chrono- logy of the Four Masters, A. D. 636, follow- ing the Annals of Ulster and the Chronicon
Scotorum, or A. D. 637, according to Tiger- nach.
'50 He was King of Ulidia and of the
Cruithni. He was slain by Finnchu
Cusack's "Life of St. Patrick," to have
been Clonfeacle, in the barony of Dun-
gannon, and county of Tyrone, about five
miles north of Armagh; however, wc tember. He died A. D. 513.
Tynan, in the county of Armagh, and whose feast occurs, at the 29th of August.
'^* Regarding many of the churches, pre- viously named and identified, Archdall in his "Monasticon Hibernicum," had pro- nounced their situation to be unknown.
'•s He was venerated, at the 20th of Feb-
ruary,
'''^ Thus is the matter stated, in the Irish
Tripartite Life : "I cannot do so, indeed,"
"
of Heaven. " "I shall kill thy people
about thee, thyself excepted," said Saran, "and I will slay all these captives ; and, wherever I shall find a priest (tailcend), I shall bring him under the edge of the
sword. "
'^7 This is said, in a note, affixed to Miss
said Olcan,
for Patrick has deprived thee
O'Ronan, a. d. 706, according to the " Annals of the Four Masters. "
's^ His festival occurs, at the 3rd ot Sep-
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 659
his land, shall belong to the young boy beanng the satchel," '32 said Patrick, " one of thy own people, i. e. , Mac Nisse of Condere,^53 and to one not born asyet,namely,Senan,^54ofInis-Altich.
