*
According
to William M.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v9
Trinitatis, nunc Carmeli-
tano, anno mcccxxvi. Ms. T. n. 5. In altari S. Catharinae anno mccxxvii.
Ms. T. n. 7.
In altari S. Vincentii anno mcclxxi.
Ms. T. n. 10.
In altari summo anno mucvii. Ms. T.
n. 27.
Reliquiae S. Chunialdi tantum.
In altari S. Spiritus anno MCCLIV. Ms.
T. n. 8.
In altari S. Crucis in ccemeterio anno
mclxx. Ms. T. n. 20.
In altari S. Spiritus anno mdvi. Ms.
T. n. 22.
In altari S. Ruperti anno mdclxv. Ms. T. n. 44.
In ecclesiae veteri Cathedrali.
Anno mcclxxiv. reliquiae utriusque repositae sunt in altari summo. Ms. E. fol. 84.
Anno mcccxci. in altari S. Nicolai. Ms. E. fol. 144.
Anno mcccxxxiv. reliquiae S. Gislarii
in altari omnium sanc- torum. Ms. E. fol. no
reponuntur
—See the Bollandists' " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus vi. , Septembris xxiv. De SS.
et Salis- Chunialdo Gisilario Praesbyteris,
45 In "Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum Hiberniae," printed in the year 1619.
" Martyrologium," a tract unknown to Father
45 As authority he quotes Constantine Suyskens, S. J.
Subense
:
September 24. ] LIVES 01 THE IRISH SAINTS.
541
Dempster has a festival for St. Kuniald. 47 At the 24th of September, Dempster records a feast for St. Gisibarius—correctly Gislarius—the disciple
of St. 48 Rupert.
According
to his usual custom that Dempster pretends
Gisibarius left a book of Sermons to the Bavarians. 49 While placing the
festival of St. Chunialdus at the 24th of September in his Scottish Ecclesias-
tical History, Dempster states that he wrote the Acts of his Master St.
Rudbert. 50
As usual, Philip Ferrarius follows Dempster, at the 24th of
At the of the Benedictine writers, Menard52 24th September,
47 Thus he enters it
apostoli Salisburgi date.
" Kunialdi, Avarum depositio," for that
"
51
September.
and Bucelin53 record the festival of their Translation. However, it is not
known by what authority they are inscribed on a Benedictine Martyrology : it is not proved, that St. Rupert was one of that Order, while Chuniald and Gisilar are only designated as priests engaged with him on the mission. St. Chuniald or Conald, Priest, is set down in Rev. Alban Butler's work54 at the 24th of September ; while he mentions in some Martyrologies, a feast for him is celebrated on the 27 th of February. His feast also occurs in the Circle of the Seasons. 55 The Petits Bollandistes56 have the festival of the Translation o£St. Chuniald, Cunibald, Chunibald, Kuniald, and St. Gisilaire, Gislaire or Gisibaire—as they are variedly called—at the 24th of September.
While the early ages of Christianity present us with the irruption of barbarous nations emerging from their various distant regions to bring havoc, war and devastation on the more civilized and orderly communities against whom they had no cause for a quarrel, and who were desirous of peace and prosperity; theChristianmissionariesofIrelandarerepresentedasleaving their own country in great numbers, bent only on good deeds and on gaining souls to serve the purposes of religion and enlightenment. As in
the case of those Saints, whose work in the vineyard of Christ, we have here been able to furnish some few traces ; others were engaged in spreading the
light of the Gospel in various parts of Europe, thus co-operating in the release of pagans from superstition and error, while preparing them for a new revelation of truth and true happiness. With honour and veneration their names have come down to us, deserving the special gratitude and affection of the races they rescued from the dominion of Satan and restored to the liberty of the Children of God.
Article II. —St. Foelchu, of Finglas, County of Dublin.
1
Colgan tells us, that among those Saints, who were buried and venerated at
48 Thus "In Boiis Gisibarii—Auarum
:
Apostoli. S. Rudberti discipuli. " "Meno- logium Scoticum," in Bishop Forbes'
Chunialdi et Gisilarii presbyterorum. " "
"
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 212.
49 Thus noted him "
by : Scripsit
Ad Boiarios Homilias," lib. i. —" Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. ,
Gisilarii confessorum. Fuerunt hi
lib. vii. , num. 574, p. 309.
50 Thus it is stated: "Scripsit Acta
Rudberti Magistri. , lib. i. Anonymus auctor Vitse S. Rudberti cap. xviii. , publi- catus ab Henric—o Canisio, torn. vi. Anti-
:
52 Thus Ruperti abbatis.
Translatio S. Eodem die solemnitas SS—.
:
Salisburgi
Benedictinum. "
In the Martyrology of his Order,
Bucelin has an eulogy of our saints, thus noticed: "Salisburgi SS. Chunialdi et
magni illius Boiorum apostoli Ruperti discipuli lectissimi, et apostolici laboris socii meri- tissimi, quorum Acta inte—rciderunt ; memo-
ria autemhac dieagitur. " "Martyrologium Benedictinum. "
54 See '" Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and
other principal Saints," vol, ix. , September Lection. " "Historia Ecclesiastica xxiv.
quar.
Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. iii. , num.
55 See at p. 268.
"
56 See Vies des Saints," tome xi. ,
265, p. 158.
51 He writes :
" Avarum apostoli. "
In Bavaria S.
de Article ii.
xxiv Gisibarii, e
Jour
Septembre, p. 346.
Martyrologium 53
—
'See "Acta Sanctorum
542 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 24.
Finglas, in the Dublin diocese, may be found a St. Foelchu. The time
when he flourished is not known, but it seems to have been remote. His
name, place, and feast are solely entered in our calendars. A festival in
honourofFailchonofFionughlass,issetdowninthemanuscript andpub-
lished of 3 The where he was venerated, is now Martyrology Tallaght. place
a village, about two miles north-east from the present City of Dublin, and in thecountyofthesamename. Thefoundationsofamucholderchurchthan the present ruined one are yet traceable around the exterior of its chancel. This latter had been deformed by some tasteless alterations, such as the closing of former hooded-windows with masonry, and breaking out newer pointed ones in the side walls. A very wide span of a low-pitched and pointed arch, in a division wall, gave access from the nave. On the north- side, this was entered by a porch, covered with a stone roof. On the western end of the nave-gable was a belfry, some portions of the upper part only remaining at present. Interiorly the nave, on its south side, communicated with an additional side aisle ; but the arches, standing on massive square abutments, were closed with masonry, at a later period ; while the side- aisle seems to have been converted into a sacristy or vestry-house. A few windows penetrated the walls in both nave and vestry. Ivy thickly mantles the northern and eastern sides of the present ruin. Its walls, built of black limestone, are massive/ The feast of Faelchu occurs on the 24th of September, according to the Martyrology of Marianus 0'Gorman. s His
commentator adds, that he was of Fionnghlaisi or Findglas. In the Martyr-
6 ology of Donegal, his feast is entered, at the 24th of September.
Article III. — St. Ceallachan, of Clontibret, County of Monaghan. At the 24th of September, we find entered in the published
with Cluain
The Book of Leinster
has a similar 2 The entry.
x afestivalinhonourofCeallachan,whowasconnected
of Martyrology Tallagh
Cellachan caem, rendered " dear Cellachan," and the commentator takes care to state, that he was of Cluana Tioprat or Cluain Tiprat. This place is
supposed to be identical with Clontibret, a parish in the barony of Cremome, andCountyofMonaghan/ Thesurfacecontainsanapexorawatershedof
country, whence streams fall off respectively towards the north-western, the northern and the eastern seas of the kingdom ; and it is all rough, bleak, and more or less moorish or mountainous. * This is the only saint of the name
Hiberniae," xvi. Martii. Vita S. Abbani, Clarke JFcctt, is carved in old English letters,
copy
Martyrology of Marianus 0'Gorman,3 on this day, distinguishes him as
n. 24, p. 623.
Members of the Treswell family are interred under flagstones, the dates of death being 1670, and 1672, within what seems to have been the chancel of the latest built
2
In the Baok of Leinster copy, ITAilchon
Tiopeat.
pn-ojlAr-i.
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxv.
4
Inside the present ruined church of church.
there is a mural tablet in sculptured marble. It has been erected to
s See Dr. Stokes' "Felire Hui Whitley
Gormain," pp. 182, 183.
Finglas,
elegantly
the of various members of a memory
6 Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves, by
family named Settle, as the perfectly legible in-
pp. Rev. Dr. Kelly,
CelbvchAn Cl
3 See Dr. Whitley Stokes' "Felire Hui
Gormain," pp. 182,183.
* According to William M. Hennessy.
s See " Parliamentary Gazetteer of lie-
land," vol. i. , p. 465.
still
lettering, cut into a grey marble-limestone p. xxxv. slab. The first of those Settles died in a Thus
scriptions
testify. They
gilt-
1650, : and the monument was erected a. d. 1722.
CiprxAC.
A shield, with armorial bearings surmounted by a partially broken crest, is in the under
compartment. Over this entablature, and on the bases of columnar side-meuldings,
are in
256, 257. Article in. —'
Edited
by
September 24. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 543
we find in the Irish calendars. However, we are informed, that locally a St. Callachan is venerated at a place called Ballyuchtrade, near Middleton,*
in the barony of Imokilly, and County of Cork. He is regarded as one of
the patrons of the diocese of Cloyne, but the date for his feast is not now
remembered. 7 The feast of Ceallachan is to be found in the Martyology of
8
Donegal, at this date.
Article IV. —The Daughters of Cainnech, or Maghlocha, Countv 1
of Tipperary. [Sixth Century. ] According to the manuscript and pub- 2
lished Martyrology of Tallagh, the Daughters of Cainnech) had veneration
paid them, at the 24th of September. The Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman commemorates the festival of Cainnech's chaste daughters,* at
thissameday. Theglossographeradds,thattheybelongedtoMaighLochas. Their parentage and locality have been fully identified. 6 These holy women were the children of a chieftain who lived in the time of St. Declan,? patron of Ardmore, and whose castle had been saved from fire by the latter. 8 Their
place
was
formerly
called
Magh Locha,9
now
Molough,
10 near the
great
bend
of the River Suir, and not many miles from Clonmel, in the County of
Tipperary. There they seem to have lived in religious retirement, most pro-
bably some time in the sixth century. Of their lives, however, we find no record. Long after that time, their place is said to have been the site for a
nunnery, dedicated to St. Brigid,
11
in the former diocese of Lismore. x
12
It is
;
mentioned by Archdall, as being in the County of Tipperary 3 but, he is
1 wrong in placing it near Carrick-on-Suir. The ruins of the old nunnery * of
Moylough are situated on level ground, about one furlong north of the River
Suir. In the year 1840, two parts of this building remained, viz. , a chapel andalateralhouse; but,fromthefragmentsofwallsaboutthem,itappeared to have been a habitation of considerable extent. The church or chapel
6Itisdescribedonthe"OrdnanceSurvey 7Heis calledDee-ag-lawnbytheIrish-
Townland Maps for the County of Cork," speaking peasantry. See his Life, at the
sheets 65, 76, 77.
7 Information communicated by the Most
Rev. Robert Browne, D. U. , Bishop of Cloyne.
'
CAinnig o TTUislocriA.
2
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxv.
3 The genitive case of Cainnech or Can-
dech in Irish is CAtroigh.
4 Thus:—" Luth ingen caid Cainnig. "—
Dr. Stokes' " Felire Hui
Whitley Gormain,"
pp. 182, 183. 5 See ibid.
24th of July, in the Seventh Volume of this work, Art. i.
8 As mentioned in his Latin Life.
'In Irish written mag LacVia, which means " Plain of the Lake. "
8 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 56, 257.
I0 The
is now called
place Moloughabbey,
2— Article iv.
In the Book of Lemster copy we find at this date : planum
in the parish of Molough, Baronies of Iffa
and Offa West, County of Tipperary. "Abbess of Kildare and Patroness of
Ireland. See her Life, in the Second Volume of this work, at the 1st of February, Art. i.
6
By the Very Rev. David Bernard Mul-
Tiprarise. " "Trias Thaumaturga. " Ap-
pendix Quarta ad Acta S. Brigidse, cap. xvi. .
p. 625.
I3 There is another more famous place
bearing the same name near Kilrush, in the
County of Clare. See "Monasticon Hiber-
nicum," p. 669.
I4 It was founded by the Butlera in the
fourteenth century. At the general suppres- sion this nunnery was granted to Sir Henry Radcliff, Termor. See Harris' Ware, vol.
cahy, formerly P. P. of Moyarget, County of Antrim, and a native of the County of Waterford, who departed this life October nth, 1897. He was learnedly versed in the language and historic literature of Ireland.
The writer's attention was first directed to
the matter contained in the text, through a letter received from him, and dated Moy- arget, County Antrim, 27th January, ii.
1890.
D.
I2 "Monasterium de Malach Monialium
— in eadem Dicecesi et Comitatu Augustini
" p. 370.
Antiquities of Ireland," chap, xxxviii. ,
544 LIVES0J<THEIRISHSAINTS. [September24.
remaining was then in a tolerable state of preservation, extending from east to west, and measuring in length on the inside 60 feet, in breadth it was 27
6 inches. 15 Two windows16 were in the east constructed of gable,
feet,
chiselledandbrownishsand-stone. Therewerethreewindowsonthesouth- wall,buttheseweremuchdisfiguredandbuiltupwithroughmasonry. The door-way^ was on the south wall, and at a distance of fourteen feet from the west gable ; it was constructed of chiselled and ornamental lime-stone on the outside, and of chiselled sand-stone on the inside. The west gable had been surmounted by a belfry, having two semi-circular arches, constructed of brownish and chiselled sand-stone. The lateral house extended to the north- west of the chapel, and touching it at the north-west corner. It was fifty-five feet in length on the outside, and twenty-seven in breadth. 18 Its walls were
Molough Church Ruins, Co. Tipperary.
three feet six inches in thickness, and about fourteen feet in height. * In the Martyrology of Donegal,20 their festival is also inserted, at the 24th of
September.
Article V. —St. Cailcon or Caolchu, of Cluana Airthir or Lui-
1
Airthir. The published Martyrology of Tallagh mentions, that veneration
18 In 1840, this latter building had been enclosed and used as a burial-place.
19 See " Letters containing Information relative to the Antiquities of the County of Tipperary, collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. " Signed : "Antiquities examined by Mr. A. Curry, his notes put into the above form by me. John O'Donovan, Clonmel, September 6th, 1840. " Vol. i. , pp. 59, 60.
20 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
256, 257.
Article v. — Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
p. XXXV.
'S A faint outline
of this group of ruins has been drawn by George Du Noyer, April 23rd, 1840, and is to be found in the "Tipperary Sketches," Royal Irish Academy, vol. iii. , p. 122. From this the accompanying illustration has been pro- duced and engraved on the wood by Gregor
Grey.
16
They were then so veiled with thick ivy, that, without tearing it off, their exact
given.
17 In 1840, it was nearly destroyed, but
the stones of which it had been formed were lying scattered about on the ground.
dimensions could not be
pencil-sketch
1
1
September 24. ] LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS. 545
wasgiventoCailcon,ofCluanaAirthir,atthe24thofSeptember. Asimilar
is in the Book of Leinster
denomination signifying the Eastern Lawn or Meadow has not yet been identified. In the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman, Caelchu is mentioned also at this date. The gloss states he was O Lui Airthir, or " from Lui Airthir. "3 He is described more fully elsewhere ; while his name and place are found somewhat differently entered. We find in the Naemhsheanchus a Caolchu, son of Caol, son to Conula, of the race of Ciar, son to Fergus, son of Ross, son of Rudhraighe, from whom the Clanna Rudhraighe descended. We find in the Life of Bairre,4 that there was a Caolchu, in the School of Bairre at Loch Irc,s and that he gave up his church to God and to Bairre. 6 It is likely, observes the Calendarist, that this is the same person, for we find no other of the name mentioned in the Martyrology. Cluain Airthir is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters,? and apparently in connexion with other places, known to have been in Scotland. From what has been stated already, Lui-Airthir seems to have been another name for Cluana- Airthir. At this same—date, the of 8 records him as
entry
copy.
Martyrology Donegal Caolchu, of Lui-Airthir and this may be a mistake of the scribe.
"
2 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Sep- tembris xxiv. De SS. Androchio Presb. ,
Thyrso Diacono, et Felice Martyribus apud Sidolocum in Territorio Augustodunensi in
Gallia, pp. 663 to 677.
3 In four sections, and fifty-eight para-
graphs.
•* These are given in eleven paragraphs,
with accompanying annotations. Edited by
4 Chapter x. is quoted.
5 A note by Dr. Reeves, says at Loch Ire: So in the manuscript ; but Lochlrce is the
Article vi. — See Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Felire Hui Gormain," pp. 182, 183.
correct name. The reference in the text, both here and under Bairre, is to the Irish Life of St. Bairre. See under Talmach, Feb. 26, and Modhiomog, Mar. 3. "
6
See his Life in the present Volume, at
the 25th of September, Art. i.
7 See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. ,
n. (d), pp. 224, 225.
8 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
256* 257. In a note, Dr. Reeves says at
Father Constanti—ne Suyskens, S. J. —
Caolchu : "Opposite this is written in the lish, "noble Androichius with lasting re-
margin by the later hand, Colchus, as the nown. "— Whitley
Latinized form of the name. " The same
Gormain," pp. 182, 183.
2 The Church of Cluain-Airthir—a —
Article VI. —Festival of Felix. In the Martyrology of Marianus
O'Gorman, there is a feast for Felix, at the 24th of September.
1
This is
doubtless the Martyr Felix, commemorated with his companions in suffering
by the Bollandists 2 at this day. A commentary 3 precedes their Acts,*
written by an anonymous author.
Article VII. —Festival of Androchius. The Martyrology of
Marianus O'Gorman records a feast for Androich or Androchius, and with
1
eulogy, at the 24th of September.
Article VIII.
tano, anno mcccxxvi. Ms. T. n. 5. In altari S. Catharinae anno mccxxvii.
Ms. T. n. 7.
In altari S. Vincentii anno mcclxxi.
Ms. T. n. 10.
In altari summo anno mucvii. Ms. T.
n. 27.
Reliquiae S. Chunialdi tantum.
In altari S. Spiritus anno MCCLIV. Ms.
T. n. 8.
In altari S. Crucis in ccemeterio anno
mclxx. Ms. T. n. 20.
In altari S. Spiritus anno mdvi. Ms.
T. n. 22.
In altari S. Ruperti anno mdclxv. Ms. T. n. 44.
In ecclesiae veteri Cathedrali.
Anno mcclxxiv. reliquiae utriusque repositae sunt in altari summo. Ms. E. fol. 84.
Anno mcccxci. in altari S. Nicolai. Ms. E. fol. 144.
Anno mcccxxxiv. reliquiae S. Gislarii
in altari omnium sanc- torum. Ms. E. fol. no
reponuntur
—See the Bollandists' " Acta Sanctorum,"
tomus vi. , Septembris xxiv. De SS.
et Salis- Chunialdo Gisilario Praesbyteris,
45 In "Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum Hiberniae," printed in the year 1619.
" Martyrologium," a tract unknown to Father
45 As authority he quotes Constantine Suyskens, S. J.
Subense
:
September 24. ] LIVES 01 THE IRISH SAINTS.
541
Dempster has a festival for St. Kuniald. 47 At the 24th of September, Dempster records a feast for St. Gisibarius—correctly Gislarius—the disciple
of St. 48 Rupert.
According
to his usual custom that Dempster pretends
Gisibarius left a book of Sermons to the Bavarians. 49 While placing the
festival of St. Chunialdus at the 24th of September in his Scottish Ecclesias-
tical History, Dempster states that he wrote the Acts of his Master St.
Rudbert. 50
As usual, Philip Ferrarius follows Dempster, at the 24th of
At the of the Benedictine writers, Menard52 24th September,
47 Thus he enters it
apostoli Salisburgi date.
" Kunialdi, Avarum depositio," for that
"
51
September.
and Bucelin53 record the festival of their Translation. However, it is not
known by what authority they are inscribed on a Benedictine Martyrology : it is not proved, that St. Rupert was one of that Order, while Chuniald and Gisilar are only designated as priests engaged with him on the mission. St. Chuniald or Conald, Priest, is set down in Rev. Alban Butler's work54 at the 24th of September ; while he mentions in some Martyrologies, a feast for him is celebrated on the 27 th of February. His feast also occurs in the Circle of the Seasons. 55 The Petits Bollandistes56 have the festival of the Translation o£St. Chuniald, Cunibald, Chunibald, Kuniald, and St. Gisilaire, Gislaire or Gisibaire—as they are variedly called—at the 24th of September.
While the early ages of Christianity present us with the irruption of barbarous nations emerging from their various distant regions to bring havoc, war and devastation on the more civilized and orderly communities against whom they had no cause for a quarrel, and who were desirous of peace and prosperity; theChristianmissionariesofIrelandarerepresentedasleaving their own country in great numbers, bent only on good deeds and on gaining souls to serve the purposes of religion and enlightenment. As in
the case of those Saints, whose work in the vineyard of Christ, we have here been able to furnish some few traces ; others were engaged in spreading the
light of the Gospel in various parts of Europe, thus co-operating in the release of pagans from superstition and error, while preparing them for a new revelation of truth and true happiness. With honour and veneration their names have come down to us, deserving the special gratitude and affection of the races they rescued from the dominion of Satan and restored to the liberty of the Children of God.
Article II. —St. Foelchu, of Finglas, County of Dublin.
1
Colgan tells us, that among those Saints, who were buried and venerated at
48 Thus "In Boiis Gisibarii—Auarum
:
Apostoli. S. Rudberti discipuli. " "Meno- logium Scoticum," in Bishop Forbes'
Chunialdi et Gisilarii presbyterorum. " "
"
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 212.
49 Thus noted him "
by : Scripsit
Ad Boiarios Homilias," lib. i. —" Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. ,
Gisilarii confessorum. Fuerunt hi
lib. vii. , num. 574, p. 309.
50 Thus it is stated: "Scripsit Acta
Rudberti Magistri. , lib. i. Anonymus auctor Vitse S. Rudberti cap. xviii. , publi- catus ab Henric—o Canisio, torn. vi. Anti-
:
52 Thus Ruperti abbatis.
Translatio S. Eodem die solemnitas SS—.
:
Salisburgi
Benedictinum. "
In the Martyrology of his Order,
Bucelin has an eulogy of our saints, thus noticed: "Salisburgi SS. Chunialdi et
magni illius Boiorum apostoli Ruperti discipuli lectissimi, et apostolici laboris socii meri- tissimi, quorum Acta inte—rciderunt ; memo-
ria autemhac dieagitur. " "Martyrologium Benedictinum. "
54 See '" Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and
other principal Saints," vol, ix. , September Lection. " "Historia Ecclesiastica xxiv.
quar.
Gentis Scotorum," tomus i. , lib. iii. , num.
55 See at p. 268.
"
56 See Vies des Saints," tome xi. ,
265, p. 158.
51 He writes :
" Avarum apostoli. "
In Bavaria S.
de Article ii.
xxiv Gisibarii, e
Jour
Septembre, p. 346.
Martyrologium 53
—
'See "Acta Sanctorum
542 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [September 24.
Finglas, in the Dublin diocese, may be found a St. Foelchu. The time
when he flourished is not known, but it seems to have been remote. His
name, place, and feast are solely entered in our calendars. A festival in
honourofFailchonofFionughlass,issetdowninthemanuscript andpub-
lished of 3 The where he was venerated, is now Martyrology Tallaght. place
a village, about two miles north-east from the present City of Dublin, and in thecountyofthesamename. Thefoundationsofamucholderchurchthan the present ruined one are yet traceable around the exterior of its chancel. This latter had been deformed by some tasteless alterations, such as the closing of former hooded-windows with masonry, and breaking out newer pointed ones in the side walls. A very wide span of a low-pitched and pointed arch, in a division wall, gave access from the nave. On the north- side, this was entered by a porch, covered with a stone roof. On the western end of the nave-gable was a belfry, some portions of the upper part only remaining at present. Interiorly the nave, on its south side, communicated with an additional side aisle ; but the arches, standing on massive square abutments, were closed with masonry, at a later period ; while the side- aisle seems to have been converted into a sacristy or vestry-house. A few windows penetrated the walls in both nave and vestry. Ivy thickly mantles the northern and eastern sides of the present ruin. Its walls, built of black limestone, are massive/ The feast of Faelchu occurs on the 24th of September, according to the Martyrology of Marianus 0'Gorman. s His
commentator adds, that he was of Fionnghlaisi or Findglas. In the Martyr-
6 ology of Donegal, his feast is entered, at the 24th of September.
Article III. — St. Ceallachan, of Clontibret, County of Monaghan. At the 24th of September, we find entered in the published
with Cluain
The Book of Leinster
has a similar 2 The entry.
x afestivalinhonourofCeallachan,whowasconnected
of Martyrology Tallagh
Cellachan caem, rendered " dear Cellachan," and the commentator takes care to state, that he was of Cluana Tioprat or Cluain Tiprat. This place is
supposed to be identical with Clontibret, a parish in the barony of Cremome, andCountyofMonaghan/ Thesurfacecontainsanapexorawatershedof
country, whence streams fall off respectively towards the north-western, the northern and the eastern seas of the kingdom ; and it is all rough, bleak, and more or less moorish or mountainous. * This is the only saint of the name
Hiberniae," xvi. Martii. Vita S. Abbani, Clarke JFcctt, is carved in old English letters,
copy
Martyrology of Marianus 0'Gorman,3 on this day, distinguishes him as
n. 24, p. 623.
Members of the Treswell family are interred under flagstones, the dates of death being 1670, and 1672, within what seems to have been the chancel of the latest built
2
In the Baok of Leinster copy, ITAilchon
Tiopeat.
pn-ojlAr-i.
3 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxv.
4
Inside the present ruined church of church.
there is a mural tablet in sculptured marble. It has been erected to
s See Dr. Stokes' "Felire Hui Whitley
Gormain," pp. 182, 183.
Finglas,
elegantly
the of various members of a memory
6 Edited Drs. Todd and Reeves, by
family named Settle, as the perfectly legible in-
pp. Rev. Dr. Kelly,
CelbvchAn Cl
3 See Dr. Whitley Stokes' "Felire Hui
Gormain," pp. 182,183.
* According to William M. Hennessy.
s See " Parliamentary Gazetteer of lie-
land," vol. i. , p. 465.
still
lettering, cut into a grey marble-limestone p. xxxv. slab. The first of those Settles died in a Thus
scriptions
testify. They
gilt-
1650, : and the monument was erected a. d. 1722.
CiprxAC.
A shield, with armorial bearings surmounted by a partially broken crest, is in the under
compartment. Over this entablature, and on the bases of columnar side-meuldings,
are in
256, 257. Article in. —'
Edited
by
September 24. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 543
we find in the Irish calendars. However, we are informed, that locally a St. Callachan is venerated at a place called Ballyuchtrade, near Middleton,*
in the barony of Imokilly, and County of Cork. He is regarded as one of
the patrons of the diocese of Cloyne, but the date for his feast is not now
remembered. 7 The feast of Ceallachan is to be found in the Martyology of
8
Donegal, at this date.
Article IV. —The Daughters of Cainnech, or Maghlocha, Countv 1
of Tipperary. [Sixth Century. ] According to the manuscript and pub- 2
lished Martyrology of Tallagh, the Daughters of Cainnech) had veneration
paid them, at the 24th of September. The Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman commemorates the festival of Cainnech's chaste daughters,* at
thissameday. Theglossographeradds,thattheybelongedtoMaighLochas. Their parentage and locality have been fully identified. 6 These holy women were the children of a chieftain who lived in the time of St. Declan,? patron of Ardmore, and whose castle had been saved from fire by the latter. 8 Their
place
was
formerly
called
Magh Locha,9
now
Molough,
10 near the
great
bend
of the River Suir, and not many miles from Clonmel, in the County of
Tipperary. There they seem to have lived in religious retirement, most pro-
bably some time in the sixth century. Of their lives, however, we find no record. Long after that time, their place is said to have been the site for a
nunnery, dedicated to St. Brigid,
11
in the former diocese of Lismore. x
12
It is
;
mentioned by Archdall, as being in the County of Tipperary 3 but, he is
1 wrong in placing it near Carrick-on-Suir. The ruins of the old nunnery * of
Moylough are situated on level ground, about one furlong north of the River
Suir. In the year 1840, two parts of this building remained, viz. , a chapel andalateralhouse; but,fromthefragmentsofwallsaboutthem,itappeared to have been a habitation of considerable extent. The church or chapel
6Itisdescribedonthe"OrdnanceSurvey 7Heis calledDee-ag-lawnbytheIrish-
Townland Maps for the County of Cork," speaking peasantry. See his Life, at the
sheets 65, 76, 77.
7 Information communicated by the Most
Rev. Robert Browne, D. U. , Bishop of Cloyne.
'
CAinnig o TTUislocriA.
2
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxxv.
3 The genitive case of Cainnech or Can-
dech in Irish is CAtroigh.
4 Thus:—" Luth ingen caid Cainnig. "—
Dr. Stokes' " Felire Hui
Whitley Gormain,"
pp. 182, 183. 5 See ibid.
24th of July, in the Seventh Volume of this work, Art. i.
8 As mentioned in his Latin Life.
'In Irish written mag LacVia, which means " Plain of the Lake. "
8 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 56, 257.
I0 The
is now called
place Moloughabbey,
2— Article iv.
In the Book of Lemster copy we find at this date : planum
in the parish of Molough, Baronies of Iffa
and Offa West, County of Tipperary. "Abbess of Kildare and Patroness of
Ireland. See her Life, in the Second Volume of this work, at the 1st of February, Art. i.
6
By the Very Rev. David Bernard Mul-
Tiprarise. " "Trias Thaumaturga. " Ap-
pendix Quarta ad Acta S. Brigidse, cap. xvi. .
p. 625.
I3 There is another more famous place
bearing the same name near Kilrush, in the
County of Clare. See "Monasticon Hiber-
nicum," p. 669.
I4 It was founded by the Butlera in the
fourteenth century. At the general suppres- sion this nunnery was granted to Sir Henry Radcliff, Termor. See Harris' Ware, vol.
cahy, formerly P. P. of Moyarget, County of Antrim, and a native of the County of Waterford, who departed this life October nth, 1897. He was learnedly versed in the language and historic literature of Ireland.
The writer's attention was first directed to
the matter contained in the text, through a letter received from him, and dated Moy- arget, County Antrim, 27th January, ii.
1890.
D.
I2 "Monasterium de Malach Monialium
— in eadem Dicecesi et Comitatu Augustini
" p. 370.
Antiquities of Ireland," chap, xxxviii. ,
544 LIVES0J<THEIRISHSAINTS. [September24.
remaining was then in a tolerable state of preservation, extending from east to west, and measuring in length on the inside 60 feet, in breadth it was 27
6 inches. 15 Two windows16 were in the east constructed of gable,
feet,
chiselledandbrownishsand-stone. Therewerethreewindowsonthesouth- wall,buttheseweremuchdisfiguredandbuiltupwithroughmasonry. The door-way^ was on the south wall, and at a distance of fourteen feet from the west gable ; it was constructed of chiselled and ornamental lime-stone on the outside, and of chiselled sand-stone on the inside. The west gable had been surmounted by a belfry, having two semi-circular arches, constructed of brownish and chiselled sand-stone. The lateral house extended to the north- west of the chapel, and touching it at the north-west corner. It was fifty-five feet in length on the outside, and twenty-seven in breadth. 18 Its walls were
Molough Church Ruins, Co. Tipperary.
three feet six inches in thickness, and about fourteen feet in height. * In the Martyrology of Donegal,20 their festival is also inserted, at the 24th of
September.
Article V. —St. Cailcon or Caolchu, of Cluana Airthir or Lui-
1
Airthir. The published Martyrology of Tallagh mentions, that veneration
18 In 1840, this latter building had been enclosed and used as a burial-place.
19 See " Letters containing Information relative to the Antiquities of the County of Tipperary, collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. " Signed : "Antiquities examined by Mr. A. Curry, his notes put into the above form by me. John O'Donovan, Clonmel, September 6th, 1840. " Vol. i. , pp. 59, 60.
20 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
256, 257.
Article v. — Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
p. XXXV.
'S A faint outline
of this group of ruins has been drawn by George Du Noyer, April 23rd, 1840, and is to be found in the "Tipperary Sketches," Royal Irish Academy, vol. iii. , p. 122. From this the accompanying illustration has been pro- duced and engraved on the wood by Gregor
Grey.
16
They were then so veiled with thick ivy, that, without tearing it off, their exact
given.
17 In 1840, it was nearly destroyed, but
the stones of which it had been formed were lying scattered about on the ground.
dimensions could not be
pencil-sketch
1
1
September 24. ] LIVES OE THE IRISH SAINTS. 545
wasgiventoCailcon,ofCluanaAirthir,atthe24thofSeptember. Asimilar
is in the Book of Leinster
denomination signifying the Eastern Lawn or Meadow has not yet been identified. In the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman, Caelchu is mentioned also at this date. The gloss states he was O Lui Airthir, or " from Lui Airthir. "3 He is described more fully elsewhere ; while his name and place are found somewhat differently entered. We find in the Naemhsheanchus a Caolchu, son of Caol, son to Conula, of the race of Ciar, son to Fergus, son of Ross, son of Rudhraighe, from whom the Clanna Rudhraighe descended. We find in the Life of Bairre,4 that there was a Caolchu, in the School of Bairre at Loch Irc,s and that he gave up his church to God and to Bairre. 6 It is likely, observes the Calendarist, that this is the same person, for we find no other of the name mentioned in the Martyrology. Cluain Airthir is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters,? and apparently in connexion with other places, known to have been in Scotland. From what has been stated already, Lui-Airthir seems to have been another name for Cluana- Airthir. At this same—date, the of 8 records him as
entry
copy.
Martyrology Donegal Caolchu, of Lui-Airthir and this may be a mistake of the scribe.
"
2 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Sep- tembris xxiv. De SS. Androchio Presb. ,
Thyrso Diacono, et Felice Martyribus apud Sidolocum in Territorio Augustodunensi in
Gallia, pp. 663 to 677.
3 In four sections, and fifty-eight para-
graphs.
•* These are given in eleven paragraphs,
with accompanying annotations. Edited by
4 Chapter x. is quoted.
5 A note by Dr. Reeves, says at Loch Ire: So in the manuscript ; but Lochlrce is the
Article vi. — See Dr. Whitley Stokes' " Felire Hui Gormain," pp. 182, 183.
correct name. The reference in the text, both here and under Bairre, is to the Irish Life of St. Bairre. See under Talmach, Feb. 26, and Modhiomog, Mar. 3. "
6
See his Life in the present Volume, at
the 25th of September, Art. i.
7 See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. ,
n. (d), pp. 224, 225.
8 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
256* 257. In a note, Dr. Reeves says at
Father Constanti—ne Suyskens, S. J. —
Caolchu : "Opposite this is written in the lish, "noble Androichius with lasting re-
margin by the later hand, Colchus, as the nown. "— Whitley
Latinized form of the name. " The same
Gormain," pp. 182, 183.
2 The Church of Cluain-Airthir—a —
Article VI. —Festival of Felix. In the Martyrology of Marianus
O'Gorman, there is a feast for Felix, at the 24th of September.
1
This is
doubtless the Martyr Felix, commemorated with his companions in suffering
by the Bollandists 2 at this day. A commentary 3 precedes their Acts,*
written by an anonymous author.
Article VII. —Festival of Androchius. The Martyrology of
Marianus O'Gorman records a feast for Androich or Androchius, and with
1
eulogy, at the 24th of September.
Article VIII.
