4 This parish is of vast extent, comprising
It is
on the Ordnance Survey Townland Maps licse Ibernise Compendium," tomus i.
It is
on the Ordnance Survey Townland Maps licse Ibernise Compendium," tomus i.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v8
, 638, 639.
3° See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Appendix Quinta ad Acta S. Brigidse, cap. xx,, p. 633.
3I See Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. ,
pp. 900, 901.
32 His own particular name does not ap-
pear.
33 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Appendix Quinta ad Acta S. Brigidse, cap. xx. , p. 633.
3* The southern part of Ireland by the
from Dublin to the
See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 446, 447. 22 "
According to the Annals of the Four
Masters," Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. ,
pp. 502, 503, and nn. (x, y. ) ibid.
23
According to the -Arm-ala Ul<voli, or "Annals of Ulster," vol. i. , pp. 376 to 379. Edited by William M. Hennessy.
24 He was chief of in the Leix,
present
great Escair, running
528,529.
2? See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 536, 537.
2
Bay of Galway, divided it from the northern
part of the kingdom.
3S See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 6.
scorecows. Theseweregiven'asamulcttothesonofMaeldalua. 3* In1086, the death of Fachna, Archdeacon of Clondalkin, is recorded. 36 In the Annals of the Four Masters, at the same date, he is styled Fiachna Ua Ronain. 37 In the year 1 152, when the Synod of Kells assembled, the rural bishopric of Clondalkin was united to the See of Dublin. 38 Afterwards, in 1179, Pope Alexander confirmed Clondalkin, with all its appurtenances, to the See of Dublin ; while the old Danish or Irish occupants of a large portion of the land, Macgilleholmoc and Dervorgilla, his wife, surrendered to the use of its Church—expressly called the Church of St. Machotus—all their ancient inheritance. 3? About the year 1184, Prince John, King of Ireland, confirmed by charter Clondalkin and its tithes to the see of Dublin, as did Pope Clement III. , in 1 187, Pope Celestine III. , in 1191,*° and his successor, Pope Innocent III. , in 1218. Clondalkin Church, the old ruins, the. Round Tower, and a rude Celtic cross, are shown in Grose's "Antiquities of Ireland. " 4I This church was made prebendal by Archbishop John Comyn; and afterwards, Henry de Loundres, who succeeded in the see of Dublin, established the dignity of Dean for St. Patrick's Church, assigning for his support the Church of Clondalkin, with its appurtenances. Furthermore, this locality has an inte-
2
resting medieval history. «
No records, which might serve to elucidate the acts of St. Mochua,
founder of Clondalkin, have been preserved. Neither has the year for his happy departure to a brighter and better world been ascertained. At the 6th
of August, the Martyrology of Donegal 43 registers the feast of St. Mochua of Cluain Dolcain. He was also venerated in Scotland, at this date, as we find
his name in the Martyrology of Drummond,44 as having been a Bishop and
Confessor. Localtraditionshavesurvivedthelapseoftime,andonthatday,
the people living in and near Clondalkin formerly held a patron at St.
Mochua's well, near Celbridge, in the parish of Kildrought,45 and Donogh- cumper,46 in the County of Kildare.
Article II. —The Blessed Alexander, a Cistercian Monk, of
Foigni,inFrance. {ThirteenthCentury'. ] Onlyabriefnoticeofthisholy 1
solitary has been given, at the 14th of January, as also at the 3rd of May, in this work. At the latter date, the Bollandists 2 have inserted his Acts, drawn chiefly from the work of Thomas Cantipratanus. 3 The Petits Bollandistes 4 havefollowed,also,thisarrangement. TheholyservantofGodhadasister,
44 See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of
Scottish Saints,' Kalendarium Drummond-
iense, p. 20.
45
Four Masters," vol. ii. , pp. 910, 911.
36 In the Annals of Ulster.
37 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Kildare,'' Sheet II.
Four vol. 4<5 Alsoshown Sheets Masters," ii. , pp. 924, 925. ibid. ,
38 See John D'Alton's "History of the
County of Dublin," p. 714. 39 See ibid.
40 See " The History and Antiquities of the Collegi. ite and Cathedial Church of St. Patrick," by William Monck Mason, Intro- duction,sect,ii. , p. 3.
41 Lieutenant Daniel Grose drew the sub-
ject, a. d. 1791. See vol. i. , p. 16.
42 See John D'Alton's "History of the
County of Dublin," pp. 710 10719.
43 Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves.
pp. 212, 213.
II, 14, 15. ARTICLE II. —* On this day. Colgan has inserted the account of Blessed Alexander, as given by Thomas Cantipratensis. See " Acta Sanctorum I Iibernkv," Januarii xiv. , D. B. Alexan. Monacko Cistercien. In Monasterio Fusniacensi quiescente, pp. 64,
65.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Maii iii. I >e Beato Alexandra couverso Cisterciensi Fusniaci in Gallia, p. 434.
3 In his work, De Apibu's, lib. ii. , cap. Io. 4 See " Vies des Saints," tome v. , HI*
It is described, on the "Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of
Jour de Mai, p. 300.
August 6. ] LIVES OS THE IRISH SAINTS. 103
453- 2"
19, 20.
8 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvi. The
copy in the Book of Leinster reads U1541T)
CLuain £obui|\.
9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
212, 213.
I0 At the 6th of August Uiguro ClUAna
jToliA^. Ordnance Survey Common Place
Book, F, p. 68.
Article iv. -1 See "Historic Catho-
no less than 2r.
"
55,239a.
4p.
shown,
•
regione Thieraschice,
sandbothwerechildrenofaScottishKing. A
knownasSt. Mathilde, verycelebratedAbbeyoftheCistercianOrderwasFoigni,andit wassituated in the diocese of Laon. There is a fair of St. Alexander, whose feast has been assigned to this day, at Keith, in Scotland. ?
ArticleIII. —St. Lughaidh,ofCluainFobhair. Thepresentsaint most probably flourished before the tenth century, for his name is commemo-
virgin,
rated at this date, in our most ancient Irish Martyrologies.
been Colgan's intention to have edited the Acts of St. Lughidius, on this day, as would appear from the posthumous -list of his MSS. 3 He was connected with a place, designated Cluain Fobhair. There is a townland called Cloon- foher, in the parish and barony of Burrishoole,* in the County of Mayo ; a Cloonfore,5 in the parish and barony of Rathcline, in the County of Longford ; a Cloonfower,6 in the parish of Termonbarry, barony of Ballintober North, and County of Roscommon, as also a Cloonfower, in the parish of Kilkeevin,? and baronyofCastlereagh,CountyofRoscommon. Thosedenominationsareall
to Cluain Fobhair. The of 8 and of 9 Martyrologies Tallagh Donegal
equivalent
mention, that at the 6th of August, veneration was given to Lughaidh, of
Cluain Fobhair. In the Irish Calendar, preserved in the Royal Irish Academy,
10
Article IV. —St. Masculinus or Masuilinius, Bishop. The Carthu- sian Martyrology and Henry Fitzsimon have Masuilinius, a Bishop, at the 5th of August. However, the anonymous Calendar of Irish Saints, published
1
by O'Sullivan Beare, calls him Masculinus, at the 6th of August,
Article V. —Reputed feast of St. Beoan, son of Nessan, Bishop of FiodhCuilinn. UndertheheadofFiodhCuilinn,DualdMacFirbisenters
there is a similar entry.
Beoan, son of Nessan, bishop, at August 6th.
1
In other Martyrologies, his
5 See notices of her in this work, vol i. Art. ix. , at the 1st of January.
6 The Bollandists place it u in Veroman-
s It is described on the "Ordnance Survey
Townland Maps for the County of Long-
ford," Sheets 17, 18.
6 It is shown on the " Ordnance Survey
duensis finibus et pagi
secundo Lapide ab oppido Vervino. "
"
— Townland for the Maps
County
of Ros-
Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Maii iii. De common," Sheet 24.
Beato Alexandra, &c, p. 434. 7 This parish is described, on the
"
7 See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of nance Survey Maps for the County of Ros-
Ord-
Sheets
Article hi. See Colgan's Acta The townland of Cloonfower is on Sheets
Scottish — Saints," p. 270.
common,"
26, 27,
19, 20, SI, 25, 33.
"
Sanctorum Iliberniae," ii. Martii, n. 9, p.
According to Catalogus Actuum Sane- torum quae MS. habentur, Ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
3 As shown by Charles McDonnell, Esq. , in his Paper, read before the Royal Irish
Academy.
4 This parish is of vast extent, comprising
It is
on the Ordnance Survey Townland Maps licse Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. , lib.
for the County of Mayo," Sheets 45, 46, 56,
57, 58, 65, 66, 67, 68, 76, 77. Cloonfoher townland is on Sheets 67, 68.
iv. . cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 50, 55.
6
1
It seems to have
2
"
Royal Irish Academy," Irish MSS. Series,
Article v. —' See
Proceedings of the
io4 LIVES 0E THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 7.
feast occurs at the 8th of this month. 2 The locality of Fiodh Cuilinn is in the present County of Kildare.
Article VI. —St. Ultan, or Ultanus. It was Colgan's intention to- have published the Acts of a St. Ultan or Ultanus, at the present date, as we find
1
the name on his posthumous list of MSS.
ArticleVII. —FeastofSt. Sixtus,Pope. IntheIrishChurch,the festival of St. Sixtus was commemorated, on the 6th of August, as we find from the" Feilire" of St. 1 To this is added, likewise, an com-
^Engus. explanatory ment. 2 TheActsofSt. SixtusII. ,Pope,andofhiscompanions,Martyrs,under the Emperor Decius, about the middle of the third century, are given by the
Bollandists,3 from a Manuscript belonging to Fulda, and which has been collated with other Codices. Notes are added. It has been edited by Father
John Pinius, S. J. , who prefixes a previous commentary, in seven sections, comprising seventy-one paragraphs.
Article VIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Acca, Bishop of Hexham, England. [Eighth Century. ] According to Camerarius, the festival of St. Acca, Accas, Actas, or Areas, Bishop of Hexham in England and of Candida
1
2 At this
him a feast. 3 Another festival was kept in his honour, at the 20th of October.
Sebentij Hag of August
ARTICLE I. —ST CRONAN, OF MOVILLE, COUNTY OF DOWN.
[SE VENTH CENTUR K]
12
to the Martyrologies of Tallagh and of Donegal, veneration
of
See Martyrologies of Tallagh and of
and also the 8th of this where notices of this saint are entered.
—'
ARTICLE VL
Actunm Sanctorum quae MS. habentur, Ordine Menisum el Dieruni. "
Article vii. - ' See " Transactions of
Casa in Scotland, was kept on the 16th of January.
Again, he had a festival
at the of 19th
February.
day,
the 6th of
August, Dempster assigns
\va. - at the ACCORDgIivNenG,
of This Magh-bile.
to
is said to have been the " Cromanus presbyter," whose name appears in the
vol. i. , part i. , pp. no, ill.
pito : item Januario, Vincentio, Magno ac Stephano, pp. 124 to 142.
7
Donegal,
month,
"
ARTICLE vm. —1 See Forbes1 Bishop
.
papa romse et martir. Ibid. , p.
exxix.
tomus
3 " Acta See
Sanctorum,"
a Edited Drs. Todd and ii. , by
7th day
August,
Cronan,
According to "Catalogus
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," pp. 233, 261.
3
See the Second Volume of this work, at that date, Art. viii.
3 See Menologium Scoticum, in Bishop
the Royal Irish Academy,'' Irish Manuscript Forbes'
"
Kalendars of Scottish Saints,'' p.
Series, vol. i. , parti.
Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. exxii.
On the Calendar of 208.
—
~ In this form : Si—sian i. , escop hiroim. xxxi. In the Book of Leinster copy we find
Augustivi. DeSanctisMartyribusRomanis, 212,213.
Sixto Papa II. Quarto, Felicissimo et Aga-
3
Article
'Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, Cponam 111^150 bite.
I.
Reeves, pp. See Rev. William Reeves' "Ecclesiastical
August 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 1 05
superscription of that letter written from Rome, a. d. 640. 3 Further parti- culars relating to this Epistle have been already recorded, in the Life of DimanorDimaDubh,BishopofConnor. * TheholymanCronan,ofMagh- bile, died in the year 647, according to the Annals of Clonmacnoise ; but, in
6
Article II. —St. Molocca or Molacca, of Tulach-h-Olainn, or
a. d. 649, according to those of Ulster,s and of the Four Masters.
Tullyallen, County of Louth. The name Molocca or Molacca, of 1
Tulach-h-Olainn, is set down in the Martyrologies of Tallagh, and of
2 at this date. In the former of these Calendars, his is less Donegal, place
correctly spelled Thilaigh olaind. The place is now Tullyallen, in the County of Louth .
Article III. St. Temnen, of Linnduachil, or Magheralin, County ——
of Down. The name Temnan or Temne—n, of Linn Uachaille now known as Magheralin, in the County of Down appears in the Martyrologies of
Tallagh
Donegal,
7th
August.
1 andof
2 atthe
Asaint asimilar bearing
of
name, and for the same place, is entered in our Calendars, at the 17th of
this month. 3 A doubt can well exist, as to whether or not these names and
dates may not represent distinct persons. A probability of such being the case, however, seems a fair inference, from the mode in which their names have been recorded on both days.
Article IV. —St. Aedhan, Son of Meallan. The Martyrology of
1
Donegal records a festival to honour Aedhan, son of Meallan, at the 7th
of August. His patronymic only enables us to distinguish him from the various other Irish saints bearing a like name ; but, his period and locality seem to be unknown.
Article V. —Festival of St. Boisil, Prior of Melrose, Scotland.
XSeventh Century^ In his English Martyrology, John Wilson has placed St. Boisil's feast at the 7th of August, and likewise Dempster, as also Philip
Ferrarius, in his General Catalogue of Saints. The Bollandists1
notice him at this date, because Dempster and Ferrarius have done so ; but, as they state, it is doubtful on what authority, and they refer to their account of him at the 20th
of
Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore," Appendix A, p. 1 52, and Appendix LL. , p. 379-
4 See his Acts, at the 6th of January, in theFirstVolumeofthiswork. Art. i.
2 which to be the they suppose
5 See the-AnnAlAUlA'oh, Annals of Ulster, editedwithaTranslationandNotesbyWm. atthatdate.
M. Ilennessy, vol. i. pp. 108, 109.
Article iv. — l Edited by Drs. Todd and
6
See Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. ,pp.
264,265. — Article ii.
Article v. — See "Acta Sanctorum,"
we read moLoce i. e. o
2 tomus Seei&id. ,
2
C1LA15
*
tomus ii. , Augusti vii. Among the preter- mitted saints, p. 181.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, xxxi. In that copy in the Book of Leinster
OLauto. Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
ii. , Januarii xxiii. De S. Boisilo, pp. 540 to 542.
pp. 212, 213.
3 See his Life, already published in the
day
January,
merely
Article hi. —l Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxi. In the Book of Leinster copy we read UemrtAni tinni "OuAchAil
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 212,213.
3 See the subsequent pages of this work,
Reeves, pp. 212, 213. 1
io6 LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 7.
true order for his festival, and where they treat about this saintly personage. He was a celebrated and holy man, the master of St. Cuthbert,3 and he ruled as Prior over the well-known monastery erected in the seventh century at Melrose, on the banks of the River Tweed, in Scotland. The name of Mail-ross signifies in the Celtic language, "a naked promontory or neck of land. " An abbey was founded here, as early as the commencement of the seventh century. The Venerable Bede, in his life of St. Cuthbert, assures us, that this abbey had been a place of celebrity, in the year 664, when Cuthbert was chosen Prior. The location occupied by the first building is named Old Melrose, and it is situated two miles east of the present village and ruins of
Melrose Abbey, Scotland.
Melrose,ontheTweed. Notraceofthefirstestablishmentremains,except the fragments of a rock, by which it had been surrounded. However, in after times, David I. , King of Scotland, erected a most beautiful structure in the Gothic style for Cistercian Monks, and its ruins are even yet the admira- tion of all tasteful visitors/ Another feast has been assigned him and his companions, in the Scottish Kalendar, De Nova Farina,s at the Nones or
Third Volume of this work, at the 2oth of work, at that date. Art. viii.
7th day
July,
6 which is said to have been that for his 7 Also, Deposition.
of
at the 8th of July, the Kalendar of Herdmanston* contains an insertion for St. Boisil's festival^ but this is in a later handwriting. Again, Hugh Menard, in his Martyrologium Benedictinum, enters a feast for him, at the 9th of September/ The reader is referred to our biographical notices, at the 23rd
March, Art. i.
4 The accompanying view, from an ap-
7 According to Simeon of Durham. See Monumenta Historica Britannica," vol. i.
3° See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Appendix Quinta ad Acta S. Brigidse, cap. xx,, p. 633.
3I See Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. ,
pp. 900, 901.
32 His own particular name does not ap-
pear.
33 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga,"
Appendix Quinta ad Acta S. Brigidse, cap. xx. , p. 633.
3* The southern part of Ireland by the
from Dublin to the
See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 446, 447. 22 "
According to the Annals of the Four
Masters," Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. ,
pp. 502, 503, and nn. (x, y. ) ibid.
23
According to the -Arm-ala Ul<voli, or "Annals of Ulster," vol. i. , pp. 376 to 379. Edited by William M. Hennessy.
24 He was chief of in the Leix,
present
great Escair, running
528,529.
2? See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 536, 537.
2
Bay of Galway, divided it from the northern
part of the kingdom.
3S See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 6.
scorecows. Theseweregiven'asamulcttothesonofMaeldalua. 3* In1086, the death of Fachna, Archdeacon of Clondalkin, is recorded. 36 In the Annals of the Four Masters, at the same date, he is styled Fiachna Ua Ronain. 37 In the year 1 152, when the Synod of Kells assembled, the rural bishopric of Clondalkin was united to the See of Dublin. 38 Afterwards, in 1179, Pope Alexander confirmed Clondalkin, with all its appurtenances, to the See of Dublin ; while the old Danish or Irish occupants of a large portion of the land, Macgilleholmoc and Dervorgilla, his wife, surrendered to the use of its Church—expressly called the Church of St. Machotus—all their ancient inheritance. 3? About the year 1184, Prince John, King of Ireland, confirmed by charter Clondalkin and its tithes to the see of Dublin, as did Pope Clement III. , in 1 187, Pope Celestine III. , in 1191,*° and his successor, Pope Innocent III. , in 1218. Clondalkin Church, the old ruins, the. Round Tower, and a rude Celtic cross, are shown in Grose's "Antiquities of Ireland. " 4I This church was made prebendal by Archbishop John Comyn; and afterwards, Henry de Loundres, who succeeded in the see of Dublin, established the dignity of Dean for St. Patrick's Church, assigning for his support the Church of Clondalkin, with its appurtenances. Furthermore, this locality has an inte-
2
resting medieval history. «
No records, which might serve to elucidate the acts of St. Mochua,
founder of Clondalkin, have been preserved. Neither has the year for his happy departure to a brighter and better world been ascertained. At the 6th
of August, the Martyrology of Donegal 43 registers the feast of St. Mochua of Cluain Dolcain. He was also venerated in Scotland, at this date, as we find
his name in the Martyrology of Drummond,44 as having been a Bishop and
Confessor. Localtraditionshavesurvivedthelapseoftime,andonthatday,
the people living in and near Clondalkin formerly held a patron at St.
Mochua's well, near Celbridge, in the parish of Kildrought,45 and Donogh- cumper,46 in the County of Kildare.
Article II. —The Blessed Alexander, a Cistercian Monk, of
Foigni,inFrance. {ThirteenthCentury'. ] Onlyabriefnoticeofthisholy 1
solitary has been given, at the 14th of January, as also at the 3rd of May, in this work. At the latter date, the Bollandists 2 have inserted his Acts, drawn chiefly from the work of Thomas Cantipratanus. 3 The Petits Bollandistes 4 havefollowed,also,thisarrangement. TheholyservantofGodhadasister,
44 See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of
Scottish Saints,' Kalendarium Drummond-
iense, p. 20.
45
Four Masters," vol. ii. , pp. 910, 911.
36 In the Annals of Ulster.
37 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Kildare,'' Sheet II.
Four vol. 4<5 Alsoshown Sheets Masters," ii. , pp. 924, 925. ibid. ,
38 See John D'Alton's "History of the
County of Dublin," p. 714. 39 See ibid.
40 See " The History and Antiquities of the Collegi. ite and Cathedial Church of St. Patrick," by William Monck Mason, Intro- duction,sect,ii. , p. 3.
41 Lieutenant Daniel Grose drew the sub-
ject, a. d. 1791. See vol. i. , p. 16.
42 See John D'Alton's "History of the
County of Dublin," pp. 710 10719.
43 Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves.
pp. 212, 213.
II, 14, 15. ARTICLE II. —* On this day. Colgan has inserted the account of Blessed Alexander, as given by Thomas Cantipratensis. See " Acta Sanctorum I Iibernkv," Januarii xiv. , D. B. Alexan. Monacko Cistercien. In Monasterio Fusniacensi quiescente, pp. 64,
65.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Maii iii. I >e Beato Alexandra couverso Cisterciensi Fusniaci in Gallia, p. 434.
3 In his work, De Apibu's, lib. ii. , cap. Io. 4 See " Vies des Saints," tome v. , HI*
It is described, on the "Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of
Jour de Mai, p. 300.
August 6. ] LIVES OS THE IRISH SAINTS. 103
453- 2"
19, 20.
8 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvi. The
copy in the Book of Leinster reads U1541T)
CLuain £obui|\.
9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
212, 213.
I0 At the 6th of August Uiguro ClUAna
jToliA^. Ordnance Survey Common Place
Book, F, p. 68.
Article iv. -1 See "Historic Catho-
no less than 2r.
"
55,239a.
4p.
shown,
•
regione Thieraschice,
sandbothwerechildrenofaScottishKing. A
knownasSt. Mathilde, verycelebratedAbbeyoftheCistercianOrderwasFoigni,andit wassituated in the diocese of Laon. There is a fair of St. Alexander, whose feast has been assigned to this day, at Keith, in Scotland. ?
ArticleIII. —St. Lughaidh,ofCluainFobhair. Thepresentsaint most probably flourished before the tenth century, for his name is commemo-
virgin,
rated at this date, in our most ancient Irish Martyrologies.
been Colgan's intention to have edited the Acts of St. Lughidius, on this day, as would appear from the posthumous -list of his MSS. 3 He was connected with a place, designated Cluain Fobhair. There is a townland called Cloon- foher, in the parish and barony of Burrishoole,* in the County of Mayo ; a Cloonfore,5 in the parish and barony of Rathcline, in the County of Longford ; a Cloonfower,6 in the parish of Termonbarry, barony of Ballintober North, and County of Roscommon, as also a Cloonfower, in the parish of Kilkeevin,? and baronyofCastlereagh,CountyofRoscommon. Thosedenominationsareall
to Cluain Fobhair. The of 8 and of 9 Martyrologies Tallagh Donegal
equivalent
mention, that at the 6th of August, veneration was given to Lughaidh, of
Cluain Fobhair. In the Irish Calendar, preserved in the Royal Irish Academy,
10
Article IV. —St. Masculinus or Masuilinius, Bishop. The Carthu- sian Martyrology and Henry Fitzsimon have Masuilinius, a Bishop, at the 5th of August. However, the anonymous Calendar of Irish Saints, published
1
by O'Sullivan Beare, calls him Masculinus, at the 6th of August,
Article V. —Reputed feast of St. Beoan, son of Nessan, Bishop of FiodhCuilinn. UndertheheadofFiodhCuilinn,DualdMacFirbisenters
there is a similar entry.
Beoan, son of Nessan, bishop, at August 6th.
1
In other Martyrologies, his
5 See notices of her in this work, vol i. Art. ix. , at the 1st of January.
6 The Bollandists place it u in Veroman-
s It is described on the "Ordnance Survey
Townland Maps for the County of Long-
ford," Sheets 17, 18.
6 It is shown on the " Ordnance Survey
duensis finibus et pagi
secundo Lapide ab oppido Vervino. "
"
— Townland for the Maps
County
of Ros-
Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Maii iii. De common," Sheet 24.
Beato Alexandra, &c, p. 434. 7 This parish is described, on the
"
7 See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of nance Survey Maps for the County of Ros-
Ord-
Sheets
Article hi. See Colgan's Acta The townland of Cloonfower is on Sheets
Scottish — Saints," p. 270.
common,"
26, 27,
19, 20, SI, 25, 33.
"
Sanctorum Iliberniae," ii. Martii, n. 9, p.
According to Catalogus Actuum Sane- torum quae MS. habentur, Ordine Mensium et Dierum. "
3 As shown by Charles McDonnell, Esq. , in his Paper, read before the Royal Irish
Academy.
4 This parish is of vast extent, comprising
It is
on the Ordnance Survey Townland Maps licse Ibernise Compendium," tomus i. , lib.
for the County of Mayo," Sheets 45, 46, 56,
57, 58, 65, 66, 67, 68, 76, 77. Cloonfoher townland is on Sheets 67, 68.
iv. . cap. xi. , xii. , pp. 50, 55.
6
1
It seems to have
2
"
Royal Irish Academy," Irish MSS. Series,
Article v. —' See
Proceedings of the
io4 LIVES 0E THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 7.
feast occurs at the 8th of this month. 2 The locality of Fiodh Cuilinn is in the present County of Kildare.
Article VI. —St. Ultan, or Ultanus. It was Colgan's intention to- have published the Acts of a St. Ultan or Ultanus, at the present date, as we find
1
the name on his posthumous list of MSS.
ArticleVII. —FeastofSt. Sixtus,Pope. IntheIrishChurch,the festival of St. Sixtus was commemorated, on the 6th of August, as we find from the" Feilire" of St. 1 To this is added, likewise, an com-
^Engus. explanatory ment. 2 TheActsofSt. SixtusII. ,Pope,andofhiscompanions,Martyrs,under the Emperor Decius, about the middle of the third century, are given by the
Bollandists,3 from a Manuscript belonging to Fulda, and which has been collated with other Codices. Notes are added. It has been edited by Father
John Pinius, S. J. , who prefixes a previous commentary, in seven sections, comprising seventy-one paragraphs.
Article VIII. —Reputed Feast of St. Acca, Bishop of Hexham, England. [Eighth Century. ] According to Camerarius, the festival of St. Acca, Accas, Actas, or Areas, Bishop of Hexham in England and of Candida
1
2 At this
him a feast. 3 Another festival was kept in his honour, at the 20th of October.
Sebentij Hag of August
ARTICLE I. —ST CRONAN, OF MOVILLE, COUNTY OF DOWN.
[SE VENTH CENTUR K]
12
to the Martyrologies of Tallagh and of Donegal, veneration
of
See Martyrologies of Tallagh and of
and also the 8th of this where notices of this saint are entered.
—'
ARTICLE VL
Actunm Sanctorum quae MS. habentur, Ordine Menisum el Dieruni. "
Article vii. - ' See " Transactions of
Casa in Scotland, was kept on the 16th of January.
Again, he had a festival
at the of 19th
February.
day,
the 6th of
August, Dempster assigns
\va. - at the ACCORDgIivNenG,
of This Magh-bile.
to
is said to have been the " Cromanus presbyter," whose name appears in the
vol. i. , part i. , pp. no, ill.
pito : item Januario, Vincentio, Magno ac Stephano, pp. 124 to 142.
7
Donegal,
month,
"
ARTICLE vm. —1 See Forbes1 Bishop
.
papa romse et martir. Ibid. , p.
exxix.
tomus
3 " Acta See
Sanctorum,"
a Edited Drs. Todd and ii. , by
7th day
August,
Cronan,
According to "Catalogus
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," pp. 233, 261.
3
See the Second Volume of this work, at that date, Art. viii.
3 See Menologium Scoticum, in Bishop
the Royal Irish Academy,'' Irish Manuscript Forbes'
"
Kalendars of Scottish Saints,'' p.
Series, vol. i. , parti.
Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. exxii.
On the Calendar of 208.
—
~ In this form : Si—sian i. , escop hiroim. xxxi. In the Book of Leinster copy we find
Augustivi. DeSanctisMartyribusRomanis, 212,213.
Sixto Papa II. Quarto, Felicissimo et Aga-
3
Article
'Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, Cponam 111^150 bite.
I.
Reeves, pp. See Rev. William Reeves' "Ecclesiastical
August 7. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 1 05
superscription of that letter written from Rome, a. d. 640. 3 Further parti- culars relating to this Epistle have been already recorded, in the Life of DimanorDimaDubh,BishopofConnor. * TheholymanCronan,ofMagh- bile, died in the year 647, according to the Annals of Clonmacnoise ; but, in
6
Article II. —St. Molocca or Molacca, of Tulach-h-Olainn, or
a. d. 649, according to those of Ulster,s and of the Four Masters.
Tullyallen, County of Louth. The name Molocca or Molacca, of 1
Tulach-h-Olainn, is set down in the Martyrologies of Tallagh, and of
2 at this date. In the former of these Calendars, his is less Donegal, place
correctly spelled Thilaigh olaind. The place is now Tullyallen, in the County of Louth .
Article III. St. Temnen, of Linnduachil, or Magheralin, County ——
of Down. The name Temnan or Temne—n, of Linn Uachaille now known as Magheralin, in the County of Down appears in the Martyrologies of
Tallagh
Donegal,
7th
August.
1 andof
2 atthe
Asaint asimilar bearing
of
name, and for the same place, is entered in our Calendars, at the 17th of
this month. 3 A doubt can well exist, as to whether or not these names and
dates may not represent distinct persons. A probability of such being the case, however, seems a fair inference, from the mode in which their names have been recorded on both days.
Article IV. —St. Aedhan, Son of Meallan. The Martyrology of
1
Donegal records a festival to honour Aedhan, son of Meallan, at the 7th
of August. His patronymic only enables us to distinguish him from the various other Irish saints bearing a like name ; but, his period and locality seem to be unknown.
Article V. —Festival of St. Boisil, Prior of Melrose, Scotland.
XSeventh Century^ In his English Martyrology, John Wilson has placed St. Boisil's feast at the 7th of August, and likewise Dempster, as also Philip
Ferrarius, in his General Catalogue of Saints. The Bollandists1
notice him at this date, because Dempster and Ferrarius have done so ; but, as they state, it is doubtful on what authority, and they refer to their account of him at the 20th
of
Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore," Appendix A, p. 1 52, and Appendix LL. , p. 379-
4 See his Acts, at the 6th of January, in theFirstVolumeofthiswork. Art. i.
2 which to be the they suppose
5 See the-AnnAlAUlA'oh, Annals of Ulster, editedwithaTranslationandNotesbyWm. atthatdate.
M. Ilennessy, vol. i. pp. 108, 109.
Article iv. — l Edited by Drs. Todd and
6
See Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. ,pp.
264,265. — Article ii.
Article v. — See "Acta Sanctorum,"
we read moLoce i. e. o
2 tomus Seei&id. ,
2
C1LA15
*
tomus ii. , Augusti vii. Among the preter- mitted saints, p. 181.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, xxxi. In that copy in the Book of Leinster
OLauto. Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
ii. , Januarii xxiii. De S. Boisilo, pp. 540 to 542.
pp. 212, 213.
3 See his Life, already published in the
day
January,
merely
Article hi. —l Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxi. In the Book of Leinster copy we read UemrtAni tinni "OuAchAil
* Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 212,213.
3 See the subsequent pages of this work,
Reeves, pp. 212, 213. 1
io6 LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 7.
true order for his festival, and where they treat about this saintly personage. He was a celebrated and holy man, the master of St. Cuthbert,3 and he ruled as Prior over the well-known monastery erected in the seventh century at Melrose, on the banks of the River Tweed, in Scotland. The name of Mail-ross signifies in the Celtic language, "a naked promontory or neck of land. " An abbey was founded here, as early as the commencement of the seventh century. The Venerable Bede, in his life of St. Cuthbert, assures us, that this abbey had been a place of celebrity, in the year 664, when Cuthbert was chosen Prior. The location occupied by the first building is named Old Melrose, and it is situated two miles east of the present village and ruins of
Melrose Abbey, Scotland.
Melrose,ontheTweed. Notraceofthefirstestablishmentremains,except the fragments of a rock, by which it had been surrounded. However, in after times, David I. , King of Scotland, erected a most beautiful structure in the Gothic style for Cistercian Monks, and its ruins are even yet the admira- tion of all tasteful visitors/ Another feast has been assigned him and his companions, in the Scottish Kalendar, De Nova Farina,s at the Nones or
Third Volume of this work, at the 2oth of work, at that date. Art. viii.
7th day
July,
6 which is said to have been that for his 7 Also, Deposition.
of
at the 8th of July, the Kalendar of Herdmanston* contains an insertion for St. Boisil's festival^ but this is in a later handwriting. Again, Hugh Menard, in his Martyrologium Benedictinum, enters a feast for him, at the 9th of September/ The reader is referred to our biographical notices, at the 23rd
March, Art. i.
4 The accompanying view, from an ap-
7 According to Simeon of Durham. See Monumenta Historica Britannica," vol. i.
