Marianus O'Gorman and the O'Clerys think, however, that a holy woman of this name,
venerated
at the 8th of August, was connected with CluainLothair.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v3
, a con- traction of the proper name iriAel-fluAin.
Colgan, in one of his notes on St.
Sedulius of Dublin, seems to re—fer to the name in
In it, the Ponsonbys of Bishop's Court ^ In the parish of Kilcummin, and barony
"In
b. Malruani fit mentio S. Sedulii filii Thesd—ae
[Thennee ? ] de Lismoria in Momonia. "
Actt. SS. , p. 315 b, n. 8. See, t(J/a'. , pp.
468, 469, n. 2.
nance Survey Townland Maps for the
County of Galway," Sheet 54. Kilcummin
is one of the largest parishes in Ireland, to
be found, with its islands and detaclied portions, on Sheets 27, 38, 39, 40, 41, 52, 53. 54, 55, 65, 66, 67, 68, 77, 78, 79, 89, 90, 91.
*
See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. ,
** See a
"Ireland: Its Scenery, Character," &c. ,
on the " Ordnance Townland Survey
for the County of Leitrim," Sheet 2.
"
description
in Mr. and Mrs. Hall's
Maps
"
Ord-
^ See "Acta tomus Sanctorum,"
i. , Martii viii. Among the pretermitted saints,
question, when he says
:
psenitentiario
pp. 402, 403.
^ See n. (a). Ibid.
^
This town and townland will be found
9 on
It is noted, the
Ordnance '*
vol. iii. , — pp. 466, 467.
Article xvii.
Hihernias," xii. Fel)ruarii. De S, Sedulio Sheets 122. 123.
Survey See "Acta Sanctorum Towniand Maps for the County of Mayo,
2 70 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS, [March 8.
the barony of Rosclogher, and county of Leitrim. There is another Kinlough,' in the parish of Shrule, in the barony of Kilmaine, and county of Mayo.
Article XVIII. —St. Beoadh, or Beatus, Bishop of Ardcarne, County of Roscommon. \Fifth and Sixth Centuries? )^ It has been thought, by Colgan, who inserts an account of him, at the 8th of March/ that the Acts of thissaintwereextantintheseventeenthcentury. TheBollandistsonlysupplya passing notice of him. ' The father of this holy man was Olcan, the son of Coman, son to Tren, son of Mathenn, son to Eochad, son of Conall, son to Tren, son of Duach, son to Macneid, son of Macon, i. e. , Lugad, son to Mac- neid. 3 Thus,washedescendedfromthenobleraceofLughaidh,sonofIth, through a long line of ancestors. Our saint was born in the fifth century, and his first name is said to have been Aedh or Aldus, to which the prefix Bo was added, on account of the greatness of his virtues. '* Hence, the name became resolved into Beoadh, which is found Latinized, Beoadus, or Beatus, butincorrectlyBeda. Heisthoughttohaveflourished,towardsthecloseof the fifth age. 5 In the Acts of St. Patrick,^ there is a St. Bean classed among thedisciplesofIreland'sgreatApostle. 7 ASt. Beatushadbeensetasbishop over the church of Dun-crathen, by the Irish Apostle, when in the territory of Kiennact, in the nortn of Ireland ; but, although there be an accordance of time, office, and name, he is not supposed to be identical with the present holy patron. Rather was our saint consecrated Bishop of Ard-Charna, in the plain of Mag-Luirg, and in the province of Connaught. The name of Ardcarne townland and parish,^ situated in the barony of Boyle, and county of Roscommon, is derived from an ancient cairn, situated on a hill, near the church. Here once stood a considerable village, or town, vestiges of which areyettraceable,inaconsiderableextentofwalls,nowsoddedover; avery
ancient road marks one of its former approaches. ^ This place was formerly the seat of the rural Bishop of Ardcarne,'" and some most lovely views are
presented, especially along the banks of the River Boyle. Here St. Beoadh was distinguished for his virtues, during life, and for his miracles before and
'•
after death. Thence, too, the Ceolan-Beoaidh, or
in a singularly beautiful cover of silver, and adorned with gems, passed to Baile na cclereach, in the territory of Breffny, where it was held in the greatest veneration, in Colgan's time ; and, regarded as a relique, many miracles, wrought through it, were ascribed to the heavenly merits of St.
Article xviii. —'See "Acta Sancto- rum Hiberniae," viii. Martii. De S. Beoado sive Beato Episcopo et Confessore, pp. 562,
563.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Martii viii. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 748.
3 Such is the pedigree, as given in the
" Sanctilogic Genealogy," chap, xxxviii. , more exactly than it is lound in the Calen-
dar of Cashel. Lugid, surnanied Maccon,
son to Macneid, and by some called Monarch
over Ireland, was killed A. D. 225, according to Dr. ODonovan's '•Aunals ot the Four
Masters," vol. i. , pp. no, iil.
Tims Bo- Aedh is rendered "vivid" or
" vigorous Aedh. "
5 Selbach treats about him in the attri-
buted work " De Genealogia Sanctoru—m Hiberius," and in the Lile of St. Callin
whose contemporary he was—a notice also
Bell of St. Beoaidh," kept
occurs. *"
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. Septima Vita S. Patricii, p. 156, and n. 62, p. 186.
7 See ibid. Appendix Quinta ad Acta S. Patricii, p. 267.
^The parish is delineated on the " Ord- nance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Roscommon," Sheets 3, 4, 6, 7, 10. The townland proper is on Sheet 6.
» A very interesting account of this
parish, with three exquisite engravings, including the church and Oak-port house, will be
"
found in John D'Alton's
land and Aimals of Boyle," voL i. , pp. 93 to 116.
'°
Before the beginning of the present century, a great market lor wool was held
here. See ibid. , p. 95.
History of Ire-
March 8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 271
Beoadh. In addition to the episcopal office, he is thought to have- ruled over a monastery there, and he exercised generous hospitality towards all strangers and pilgrims. Cuimin, of Coindeire, in the poem which begins
" Patrick of Macha loved," states, that Beoaedh was—accustomed with, great
to give lodging" and gifts to every person. It is thus he says
lodging, "Lit. , Stranger's House. '"
"
"Colgan understands this to signify,
that he eniertained all the saints of Iieland,
with hospitality and gifts. But, the original
does not bear this out. " So Dr. O'Dono- van asserts, in a note, which he has added to the published Martyrology.
"
Before all the saints of Erin,
Beoaedh, the affectionate loved.
House of guests and presents,
He to each " gave person. "
Inthe"ChroniconScotorum,"'3 thedeceaseofBeoid,BishopofArdcarna, is entered at a. d. 518. Although, in the records of his own church, and in
the Martyrology of Tallagh,''* the name of Beoaedh, of Airdcarna, occurs at the 7th of March, as we have seen on the day previous, the entry, however, seems more properly referable to the present date, as all other authorities appeartostate. The"AnnalsoftheFourMasters"'splacethedeathofthis
holy man, at the 8th of March, a. d. 523. St. ^ngus, Marianus O'Gorman, with his Scholiast, Maguire, as also the Calendar of Cashel, and the Martyr- ology of Donegal,'^ mention, that on this day was venerated, Beoaedh,
Bishop, of Ardcarna, in Connauglit. Confirming the foregoing particulars, Duald Mac Fiibis interprets his name, in Latin, as Aedus vtvus. '^'' Little more seems to be known regarding him, although he seems to have been very distinguished, at the time when he flourished.
Article XIX. —St. Corcaria, Corcair, Curcach, or Cucagia, or QUORRAIR, SAID TO BE OF ClUAIN-LoTHUIR, OR OF KiLL-CORCAIGE. \T/iought to have been of the Sixth Century? \ The devout nun is toiling con- stantly with energy and with fruit, towards perpetuating in the Church, to which she is so closely bound, an abiding attachment to the memory and the virtues of those who have preceded her, in the luminous course through which she is bound to walk, on the road to salvation. Some difficulty exists, in determining the identity of this holy woman. Colgan has collected some unsatisfactory notices regarding her, at this date. ^ He supposes, that the sister, Quorrair, of St. Frigidian,* Bishop of Lucca, who is thought, in mistake, to have been identical with St. Finnian, Abbot of Maghbile,3 should more correctly be called Corcair or Curcach, or as Latinized, Corcaria or Cucagia, Yet, this theory is brought into doub—t by the Boliandists, at this day. -* Failing iden- tification with the —
to have been a transcriber's mistake for CorcairorCurcah wecanonlypassoverwhatColganhaswritten,andnote
Quorrair thought what is found in our Calendars. Now,
Colgan supposes, in one place,5 she
within brackets, and seemingly referring to him: "[Beaius ; See Molanus 31 Oct. on the translation of Notburga to Mount St. Beatus, nearCoblentz. ]" /did. , pp. 364, 365.
''See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. " Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. h6, 87, an—d nn. 12, 13, 14.
'
" In a note, Dr. Todd says at this word '
Article xix.
'3 See William Maunsell Hennessy's Hibernise," viii. Martii. De S. Corcaria
Edition, pp. 40, 41, and nn. 2, 3, idid.
'-* Edited Rev. Dr. xvii. by Kelly, p.
sive Cucagia, Virg. , pp. 563, 564.
'5 See Dr. O'Donovau's pp. 170, 171.
'^
Life, i. , Lite,
Edition,
vol.
at ihe loih of
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus L,
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
70, 71. In the table, postfixed to this p. 748.
Martyrology, immediately alter his name ^ See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xv. and place, appears the lollowing comment, Februarii, n. 32, p. 339.
'^ See his
at the ibih of
November.
^ See his
See "Acta
Sanctorum
Martii viii. Among the pretermitted saints,
:
September,
272 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 8.
may have been the Corcaria*^ Caoin, who assisted at the great Council of Dromceat, a. d. 580 ; and, in another passage, that she may have flourished under the name of Crocha, in the time of St. Patrick. ' 7'hese, however, are only very crude conjectures. In the Martyrology of Tallagh^ is entered a virgin, under the title of Corcach Cluana Lothair, at the 8th of March. Marianus O'Gorman, and Cathal Maguire have also their several notices of Corcagia.
Marianus O'Gorman and the O'Clerys think, however, that a holy woman of this name, venerated at the 8th of August, was connected with CluainLothair. Colgansupposesthisplacetob—eidenticalwithDoireLothair,^ whichwasintheterritoryofLea,'°inUltonia thoughttobethecountryof this virgin. He also imagines, she had a double," or even perchance, a third," festival day. We are told, there was a Cluain Lothair, in Breifne O'Ruairc, of which a St. Curcach, Virgin, is Patroness. Again, he thinks, this present saint may be identical with the virgin Curcach, of Cill-Curcaighe. In the Martyrology of Donegal, ^3 Curcach'* is mentioned, as having venera- tion paid to her, at this date. There is a Curcach, says the writer, and she was daughter to Enna, son to Corbmac, descended from the race of Colla-da- chrioch. This, however, is only a passing and an inconclusive conjecture, concerning her pedigree. It may safely be asserted, that very little is known, with any degree of certainty, regarding this virgin.
ArticleXX. —St. ColmannCirr,orKearr. AccordingtotheBol-
landists,' who quote Colgan's statement, in an Index, the present holy man was a disciple of St. Endeus, although, the reference does not indicate how or where the fact may be capable of demonstration. Again, we find inserted, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 8th of March, the name of Colman Cirr.
Article XXI. —Reputed Festival of a Mac Colaim chirr. We read in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' that Mac Colaim chirr had veneration paidhim,atthe8thofMarch. Elsewhere,wedonotfindanycorroboration of tliis statement, and we suspect some error of insertion.
Article XXII. —St. Molaisse, Son of Aedh. W^e find Molasi mac Aedhasetdown,intheMartyrologyofTallagh,'atthe8thofMarch. And
* This being a supposed mistake for Cor-
" Said to have been that of Fir-Lii, or
Magh-Lii, in the barony of Coleraine, county of Londonderry.
"
That is, one on the 8th of March, and another on the 8th of August.
" At the 2ist of July, when a St. Curcach,
70, 71.
Taml. ,' meaning that the Mart. Taml. sa3rs, thatshewasofC—luanLothair. "
cagia.
'See "Trias Thaumaturga.
"
Septima Vita S. Patricii, hb. ii. , cap. lii. , p. 136,
and nn. iil, 112, p. 178.
* Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii.
9 This place is noticed, at a. d. 557, as
Moin-Doire-lothair, in Dr. O'Donovan's
"Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp.
198, 199, and nn. (c, d, e). The Rev. Dr.
Reeves thinks, that this site of the battle of recent hand adds, Clu^nA tocAijV M.
Moin-Mor, as it is called in Adamnan, may
be found in the town of Moneymore, and
the in which it is situated
parish Derryloran,
Article xx. • See " Acta
tonius i. , Martii viii. Among the preter- mitted saints, p. 749.
"
cal Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro-
Sanctorum,"
county of Londonderry. See
Ecclesiasti-
more. "
GG. n.
This
=* Edited
Rev—. Dr. xvii. by Kelly, p.
Appendix
is called in Irish Muine-mor, the great Kelly, p. xviii.
(d), p. 339.
may admit of doubt, however, as the former
"
Article xxi.
'
Edited
Rev. Dr.
of Cill-Curcaighe, Virgin, is venerated.
'3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
or " "and the latter Doire- 'Articie xxir. —'Edited bv Rev. Dr. Shrubbery,
hill,"
Lorain. " Loran's oak wood. " Kelv.
'* In a note, Dr. Todd states, "The more '
by
March 9. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 273
again, Molaisse, son of Aedh, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ as having a festival at this date. The Bollandists merely notice him. 3
Article XXIII. —St. Mochua, Son of Nemain. The Bollandists
haveareferencetothissaint,andtohisfeast,att1iepresentdate. ' Accord*
ing to the Martyrology of Donegal,^ we find that Mochua, as simply so named, was venerated on this day. The name of his father is added in the
Martyrology of Tallagh,3 which registers the name, Mochua mac Nemain, at the8thofMarch. Morewecannotfindconcerninghim.
^mtf) ©ap of iHaiTl).
ARTICLE I . —S T. SEDNA, OF KILL-AINE. [SIXTH OR SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
the grandest and noblest scenes of nature are usually found, in the ASmost remote and desert places ; so, the most virtuous and revered men have generally chosen to dwell apart, in solitude. Their Acts have become obscure, while their virtues were acknowledged. In Colgan, we find some brief notices of this holy man,' and the Bollandists note him, at the 9th of March. ^ St. Sedna, otherwise Sidonius, was son to Neman, son to Aidus, son to Lorn, son of Ere, son to Eochad Munremhuir, son of ^ngus Fir, son to Fergus Vallaigh, son to Eochad Fortamhuil. 3 Lorn, who is mentioned in the foregoing pedigree, with his brother, Fergusius, went over to Britain, about the year 503. * Here, they established the Dalaradian Colony, in the Kingdom of Scotland. Little is recorded, regarding this saint, but the circumstance of his Natalis being observed, on the 9th day of March, at Kill- Aine, near Mount Breagh. By the Rev. Anthony Cogan. s it is identified with Killaine or Killany, in the county of Louth, and the same identification is given, in the Antiquarian Letters for the same county, as contained among the Irish Ordnance Survey Records. ^ Archdall incorrectly places this monastery, at Killeen,? in the county of Meath. ^ However, the Rev. Dr. Reeves will have it, that the place of this saint is now known as Killaney,^
" Edited 70, 71.
by
Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp.
" xviii. The Sanctilogic Genealogy," chap,
O'Clerys, in their Calendar, remark, that he sprung from the race of Conaire, son of
Moghlamha.
"See, O'Flaherty's "Ogygia. " Scotise
Regum Catalogus Chronologo-Genealogicus, p. 470.
s See "Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. iii. , chap. Ixxiii. , p. 548.
6
In the Royal Irish Academy, vol. i. , p. 252. "
7 See Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 550.
® Here, too, he states, that a monastery had been erected by St. Endeus, in the
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Martii viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 749-
Article XXIII.
—'See "Acta Sancto-
rum," tomus i. , Martii viii. Among the
pretermitted saints, p. 749.
*
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 70, 71.
3 Edited by R—ev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii.
Article i. 'See "Acta Sanctorum
Hiberniae," ix. Martii. De S. Sedna sive
Sedonio Abbate de Kill-Aine, p. 565.
p. 2.
^
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
the
Martii ix.
sixth century.
' It is called in the
Among
3 Such is the pedigree, furnished by the
pretermitted saints,
Inquisitions, Killenny, aliasAnaghalone,orAnaghdoloun. Atthe dissolution, the rectory, which extended
S
274 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March g. and its ancient graveyard, enclosed by a ring fence, but without traces of
former
in
lies in the southern
of the '° It is parish.
any
ahttlesouth-eastofLoughHenny,locallycalledLoughinney. Theinsertion, Setna of Cille ane, of Sliabh Breagh, is entered in the Martyrology of Tal- lagh," in that of Marianus O'Gorman, and of Maguire, as also in the Calendar
ofCashel,atthe9thofMarch. TheMartyrologyofDonegal"mentions,as having a festival, at this date, Sedna, of Cill-Aine, in Sliabh Breagh. The year of his death is not known, nor even the exact age in which he flourished ;
but as Loarn,'3 who died a. d. 513, according to O' Flaherty's computation,'* was great grandfather to our saint, it might be a fair conjecture, that Sedna lived, towards the close of the sixth, and at the commencement of the
seventh century.
Article II. —St. Setna, Sidonius, or Sedna, of Druim-mac-ubla, CountyofMeath. [FifthorSixthCentury^ InColgan's'andintheBol-
^
landists' work, there is an account of St. Sedna or Sedonius, at the 9th of
March. Sedna or Setna is the Irish form : Sedonius or Sidonius is the Latin forhisname. Thus,SeJ;naofDromamicBlae,appearsintheMartyrology
ofTallagh,3atthe9thofMarch. Heflourished,asearlyasthefifthcentury. His father was named DuUan, or Dalian. * Colgan ascribes his period subse- quently to that time, when St. Patricks had founded the Church of Armagh, supposed to have been 445, according to Ussher,^ or 457, as stated in the " Annals of the Four Masters. " 7 The place over which our saint exercised apastoralchargewasDruimMacUbla,andit wassurroundedbyadesert. It is said to have been situated, not far from Kill-aine, with which the former St. Sedna had been connected. ^ We find Sedna, of Druim-mac-Ublai, or Ua-Bla, entered in the Martyrologies of Cashel, of Marianus O'Gorman, of Maguire, and of Donegal,9 as being venerated on this day. The present saint lived, in his earlier years, as we are told, on the confines of Meath and of Ulster, intheterritoryolUiCreamhthainn,orUiCriomhthainn. Thechurchinwhich his memory was venerated must have been situated, within the baronies of Upper or Lower Slane,'° in the northern part of Meath county j but, there is no church, bearing such a name, to be found, at present, within these baronies. However, a church here existed in 830, when our Annals relate,
over seven townlands, became appropriate Article ii. —' See "Acta Sanctorum to the Abbey of Moville. Hibernise," Marlii ix. De S. Sedna sive '° See " Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Sedonio Abbate de Druim-Mac-Vbla, p.
Down, Connor and Dromore. " Appendix
M. , p.
In it, the Ponsonbys of Bishop's Court ^ In the parish of Kilcummin, and barony
"In
b. Malruani fit mentio S. Sedulii filii Thesd—ae
[Thennee ? ] de Lismoria in Momonia. "
Actt. SS. , p. 315 b, n. 8. See, t(J/a'. , pp.
468, 469, n. 2.
nance Survey Townland Maps for the
County of Galway," Sheet 54. Kilcummin
is one of the largest parishes in Ireland, to
be found, with its islands and detaclied portions, on Sheets 27, 38, 39, 40, 41, 52, 53. 54, 55, 65, 66, 67, 68, 77, 78, 79, 89, 90, 91.
*
See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. ,
** See a
"Ireland: Its Scenery, Character," &c. ,
on the " Ordnance Townland Survey
for the County of Leitrim," Sheet 2.
"
description
in Mr. and Mrs. Hall's
Maps
"
Ord-
^ See "Acta tomus Sanctorum,"
i. , Martii viii. Among the pretermitted saints,
question, when he says
:
psenitentiario
pp. 402, 403.
^ See n. (a). Ibid.
^
This town and townland will be found
9 on
It is noted, the
Ordnance '*
vol. iii. , — pp. 466, 467.
Article xvii.
Hihernias," xii. Fel)ruarii. De S, Sedulio Sheets 122. 123.
Survey See "Acta Sanctorum Towniand Maps for the County of Mayo,
2 70 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS, [March 8.
the barony of Rosclogher, and county of Leitrim. There is another Kinlough,' in the parish of Shrule, in the barony of Kilmaine, and county of Mayo.
Article XVIII. —St. Beoadh, or Beatus, Bishop of Ardcarne, County of Roscommon. \Fifth and Sixth Centuries? )^ It has been thought, by Colgan, who inserts an account of him, at the 8th of March/ that the Acts of thissaintwereextantintheseventeenthcentury. TheBollandistsonlysupplya passing notice of him. ' The father of this holy man was Olcan, the son of Coman, son to Tren, son of Mathenn, son to Eochad, son of Conall, son to Tren, son of Duach, son to Macneid, son of Macon, i. e. , Lugad, son to Mac- neid. 3 Thus,washedescendedfromthenobleraceofLughaidh,sonofIth, through a long line of ancestors. Our saint was born in the fifth century, and his first name is said to have been Aedh or Aldus, to which the prefix Bo was added, on account of the greatness of his virtues. '* Hence, the name became resolved into Beoadh, which is found Latinized, Beoadus, or Beatus, butincorrectlyBeda. Heisthoughttohaveflourished,towardsthecloseof the fifth age. 5 In the Acts of St. Patrick,^ there is a St. Bean classed among thedisciplesofIreland'sgreatApostle. 7 ASt. Beatushadbeensetasbishop over the church of Dun-crathen, by the Irish Apostle, when in the territory of Kiennact, in the nortn of Ireland ; but, although there be an accordance of time, office, and name, he is not supposed to be identical with the present holy patron. Rather was our saint consecrated Bishop of Ard-Charna, in the plain of Mag-Luirg, and in the province of Connaught. The name of Ardcarne townland and parish,^ situated in the barony of Boyle, and county of Roscommon, is derived from an ancient cairn, situated on a hill, near the church. Here once stood a considerable village, or town, vestiges of which areyettraceable,inaconsiderableextentofwalls,nowsoddedover; avery
ancient road marks one of its former approaches. ^ This place was formerly the seat of the rural Bishop of Ardcarne,'" and some most lovely views are
presented, especially along the banks of the River Boyle. Here St. Beoadh was distinguished for his virtues, during life, and for his miracles before and
'•
after death. Thence, too, the Ceolan-Beoaidh, or
in a singularly beautiful cover of silver, and adorned with gems, passed to Baile na cclereach, in the territory of Breffny, where it was held in the greatest veneration, in Colgan's time ; and, regarded as a relique, many miracles, wrought through it, were ascribed to the heavenly merits of St.
Article xviii. —'See "Acta Sancto- rum Hiberniae," viii. Martii. De S. Beoado sive Beato Episcopo et Confessore, pp. 562,
563.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Martii viii. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 748.
3 Such is the pedigree, as given in the
" Sanctilogic Genealogy," chap, xxxviii. , more exactly than it is lound in the Calen-
dar of Cashel. Lugid, surnanied Maccon,
son to Macneid, and by some called Monarch
over Ireland, was killed A. D. 225, according to Dr. ODonovan's '•Aunals ot the Four
Masters," vol. i. , pp. no, iil.
Tims Bo- Aedh is rendered "vivid" or
" vigorous Aedh. "
5 Selbach treats about him in the attri-
buted work " De Genealogia Sanctoru—m Hiberius," and in the Lile of St. Callin
whose contemporary he was—a notice also
Bell of St. Beoaidh," kept
occurs. *"
See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. Septima Vita S. Patricii, p. 156, and n. 62, p. 186.
7 See ibid. Appendix Quinta ad Acta S. Patricii, p. 267.
^The parish is delineated on the " Ord- nance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Roscommon," Sheets 3, 4, 6, 7, 10. The townland proper is on Sheet 6.
» A very interesting account of this
parish, with three exquisite engravings, including the church and Oak-port house, will be
"
found in John D'Alton's
land and Aimals of Boyle," voL i. , pp. 93 to 116.
'°
Before the beginning of the present century, a great market lor wool was held
here. See ibid. , p. 95.
History of Ire-
March 8. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 271
Beoadh. In addition to the episcopal office, he is thought to have- ruled over a monastery there, and he exercised generous hospitality towards all strangers and pilgrims. Cuimin, of Coindeire, in the poem which begins
" Patrick of Macha loved," states, that Beoaedh was—accustomed with, great
to give lodging" and gifts to every person. It is thus he says
lodging, "Lit. , Stranger's House. '"
"
"Colgan understands this to signify,
that he eniertained all the saints of Iieland,
with hospitality and gifts. But, the original
does not bear this out. " So Dr. O'Dono- van asserts, in a note, which he has added to the published Martyrology.
"
Before all the saints of Erin,
Beoaedh, the affectionate loved.
House of guests and presents,
He to each " gave person. "
Inthe"ChroniconScotorum,"'3 thedeceaseofBeoid,BishopofArdcarna, is entered at a. d. 518. Although, in the records of his own church, and in
the Martyrology of Tallagh,''* the name of Beoaedh, of Airdcarna, occurs at the 7th of March, as we have seen on the day previous, the entry, however, seems more properly referable to the present date, as all other authorities appeartostate. The"AnnalsoftheFourMasters"'splacethedeathofthis
holy man, at the 8th of March, a. d. 523. St. ^ngus, Marianus O'Gorman, with his Scholiast, Maguire, as also the Calendar of Cashel, and the Martyr- ology of Donegal,'^ mention, that on this day was venerated, Beoaedh,
Bishop, of Ardcarna, in Connauglit. Confirming the foregoing particulars, Duald Mac Fiibis interprets his name, in Latin, as Aedus vtvus. '^'' Little more seems to be known regarding him, although he seems to have been very distinguished, at the time when he flourished.
Article XIX. —St. Corcaria, Corcair, Curcach, or Cucagia, or QUORRAIR, SAID TO BE OF ClUAIN-LoTHUIR, OR OF KiLL-CORCAIGE. \T/iought to have been of the Sixth Century? \ The devout nun is toiling con- stantly with energy and with fruit, towards perpetuating in the Church, to which she is so closely bound, an abiding attachment to the memory and the virtues of those who have preceded her, in the luminous course through which she is bound to walk, on the road to salvation. Some difficulty exists, in determining the identity of this holy woman. Colgan has collected some unsatisfactory notices regarding her, at this date. ^ He supposes, that the sister, Quorrair, of St. Frigidian,* Bishop of Lucca, who is thought, in mistake, to have been identical with St. Finnian, Abbot of Maghbile,3 should more correctly be called Corcair or Curcach, or as Latinized, Corcaria or Cucagia, Yet, this theory is brought into doub—t by the Boliandists, at this day. -* Failing iden- tification with the —
to have been a transcriber's mistake for CorcairorCurcah wecanonlypassoverwhatColganhaswritten,andnote
Quorrair thought what is found in our Calendars. Now,
Colgan supposes, in one place,5 she
within brackets, and seemingly referring to him: "[Beaius ; See Molanus 31 Oct. on the translation of Notburga to Mount St. Beatus, nearCoblentz. ]" /did. , pp. 364, 365.
''See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. " Irish MSS. Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. h6, 87, an—d nn. 12, 13, 14.
'
" In a note, Dr. Todd says at this word '
Article xix.
'3 See William Maunsell Hennessy's Hibernise," viii. Martii. De S. Corcaria
Edition, pp. 40, 41, and nn. 2, 3, idid.
'-* Edited Rev. Dr. xvii. by Kelly, p.
sive Cucagia, Virg. , pp. 563, 564.
'5 See Dr. O'Donovau's pp. 170, 171.
'^
Life, i. , Lite,
Edition,
vol.
at ihe loih of
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus L,
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
70, 71. In the table, postfixed to this p. 748.
Martyrology, immediately alter his name ^ See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xv. and place, appears the lollowing comment, Februarii, n. 32, p. 339.
'^ See his
at the ibih of
November.
^ See his
See "Acta
Sanctorum
Martii viii. Among the pretermitted saints,
:
September,
272 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 8.
may have been the Corcaria*^ Caoin, who assisted at the great Council of Dromceat, a. d. 580 ; and, in another passage, that she may have flourished under the name of Crocha, in the time of St. Patrick. ' 7'hese, however, are only very crude conjectures. In the Martyrology of Tallagh^ is entered a virgin, under the title of Corcach Cluana Lothair, at the 8th of March. Marianus O'Gorman, and Cathal Maguire have also their several notices of Corcagia.
Marianus O'Gorman and the O'Clerys think, however, that a holy woman of this name, venerated at the 8th of August, was connected with CluainLothair. Colgansupposesthisplacetob—eidenticalwithDoireLothair,^ whichwasintheterritoryofLea,'°inUltonia thoughttobethecountryof this virgin. He also imagines, she had a double," or even perchance, a third," festival day. We are told, there was a Cluain Lothair, in Breifne O'Ruairc, of which a St. Curcach, Virgin, is Patroness. Again, he thinks, this present saint may be identical with the virgin Curcach, of Cill-Curcaighe. In the Martyrology of Donegal, ^3 Curcach'* is mentioned, as having venera- tion paid to her, at this date. There is a Curcach, says the writer, and she was daughter to Enna, son to Corbmac, descended from the race of Colla-da- chrioch. This, however, is only a passing and an inconclusive conjecture, concerning her pedigree. It may safely be asserted, that very little is known, with any degree of certainty, regarding this virgin.
ArticleXX. —St. ColmannCirr,orKearr. AccordingtotheBol-
landists,' who quote Colgan's statement, in an Index, the present holy man was a disciple of St. Endeus, although, the reference does not indicate how or where the fact may be capable of demonstration. Again, we find inserted, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 8th of March, the name of Colman Cirr.
Article XXI. —Reputed Festival of a Mac Colaim chirr. We read in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' that Mac Colaim chirr had veneration paidhim,atthe8thofMarch. Elsewhere,wedonotfindanycorroboration of tliis statement, and we suspect some error of insertion.
Article XXII. —St. Molaisse, Son of Aedh. W^e find Molasi mac Aedhasetdown,intheMartyrologyofTallagh,'atthe8thofMarch. And
* This being a supposed mistake for Cor-
" Said to have been that of Fir-Lii, or
Magh-Lii, in the barony of Coleraine, county of Londonderry.
"
That is, one on the 8th of March, and another on the 8th of August.
" At the 2ist of July, when a St. Curcach,
70, 71.
Taml. ,' meaning that the Mart. Taml. sa3rs, thatshewasofC—luanLothair. "
cagia.
'See "Trias Thaumaturga.
"
Septima Vita S. Patricii, hb. ii. , cap. lii. , p. 136,
and nn. iil, 112, p. 178.
* Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii.
9 This place is noticed, at a. d. 557, as
Moin-Doire-lothair, in Dr. O'Donovan's
"Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp.
198, 199, and nn. (c, d, e). The Rev. Dr.
Reeves thinks, that this site of the battle of recent hand adds, Clu^nA tocAijV M.
Moin-Mor, as it is called in Adamnan, may
be found in the town of Moneymore, and
the in which it is situated
parish Derryloran,
Article xx. • See " Acta
tonius i. , Martii viii. Among the preter- mitted saints, p. 749.
"
cal Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro-
Sanctorum,"
county of Londonderry. See
Ecclesiasti-
more. "
GG. n.
This
=* Edited
Rev—. Dr. xvii. by Kelly, p.
Appendix
is called in Irish Muine-mor, the great Kelly, p. xviii.
(d), p. 339.
may admit of doubt, however, as the former
"
Article xxi.
'
Edited
Rev. Dr.
of Cill-Curcaighe, Virgin, is venerated.
'3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
or " "and the latter Doire- 'Articie xxir. —'Edited bv Rev. Dr. Shrubbery,
hill,"
Lorain. " Loran's oak wood. " Kelv.
'* In a note, Dr. Todd states, "The more '
by
March 9. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 273
again, Molaisse, son of Aedh, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ as having a festival at this date. The Bollandists merely notice him. 3
Article XXIII. —St. Mochua, Son of Nemain. The Bollandists
haveareferencetothissaint,andtohisfeast,att1iepresentdate. ' Accord*
ing to the Martyrology of Donegal,^ we find that Mochua, as simply so named, was venerated on this day. The name of his father is added in the
Martyrology of Tallagh,3 which registers the name, Mochua mac Nemain, at the8thofMarch. Morewecannotfindconcerninghim.
^mtf) ©ap of iHaiTl).
ARTICLE I . —S T. SEDNA, OF KILL-AINE. [SIXTH OR SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
the grandest and noblest scenes of nature are usually found, in the ASmost remote and desert places ; so, the most virtuous and revered men have generally chosen to dwell apart, in solitude. Their Acts have become obscure, while their virtues were acknowledged. In Colgan, we find some brief notices of this holy man,' and the Bollandists note him, at the 9th of March. ^ St. Sedna, otherwise Sidonius, was son to Neman, son to Aidus, son to Lorn, son of Ere, son to Eochad Munremhuir, son of ^ngus Fir, son to Fergus Vallaigh, son to Eochad Fortamhuil. 3 Lorn, who is mentioned in the foregoing pedigree, with his brother, Fergusius, went over to Britain, about the year 503. * Here, they established the Dalaradian Colony, in the Kingdom of Scotland. Little is recorded, regarding this saint, but the circumstance of his Natalis being observed, on the 9th day of March, at Kill- Aine, near Mount Breagh. By the Rev. Anthony Cogan. s it is identified with Killaine or Killany, in the county of Louth, and the same identification is given, in the Antiquarian Letters for the same county, as contained among the Irish Ordnance Survey Records. ^ Archdall incorrectly places this monastery, at Killeen,? in the county of Meath. ^ However, the Rev. Dr. Reeves will have it, that the place of this saint is now known as Killaney,^
" Edited 70, 71.
by
Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp.
" xviii. The Sanctilogic Genealogy," chap,
O'Clerys, in their Calendar, remark, that he sprung from the race of Conaire, son of
Moghlamha.
"See, O'Flaherty's "Ogygia. " Scotise
Regum Catalogus Chronologo-Genealogicus, p. 470.
s See "Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. iii. , chap. Ixxiii. , p. 548.
6
In the Royal Irish Academy, vol. i. , p. 252. "
7 See Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 550.
® Here, too, he states, that a monastery had been erected by St. Endeus, in the
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Martii viii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 749-
Article XXIII.
—'See "Acta Sancto-
rum," tomus i. , Martii viii. Among the
pretermitted saints, p. 749.
*
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 70, 71.
3 Edited by R—ev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii.
Article i. 'See "Acta Sanctorum
Hiberniae," ix. Martii. De S. Sedna sive
Sedonio Abbate de Kill-Aine, p. 565.
p. 2.
^
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
the
Martii ix.
sixth century.
' It is called in the
Among
3 Such is the pedigree, furnished by the
pretermitted saints,
Inquisitions, Killenny, aliasAnaghalone,orAnaghdoloun. Atthe dissolution, the rectory, which extended
S
274 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March g. and its ancient graveyard, enclosed by a ring fence, but without traces of
former
in
lies in the southern
of the '° It is parish.
any
ahttlesouth-eastofLoughHenny,locallycalledLoughinney. Theinsertion, Setna of Cille ane, of Sliabh Breagh, is entered in the Martyrology of Tal- lagh," in that of Marianus O'Gorman, and of Maguire, as also in the Calendar
ofCashel,atthe9thofMarch. TheMartyrologyofDonegal"mentions,as having a festival, at this date, Sedna, of Cill-Aine, in Sliabh Breagh. The year of his death is not known, nor even the exact age in which he flourished ;
but as Loarn,'3 who died a. d. 513, according to O' Flaherty's computation,'* was great grandfather to our saint, it might be a fair conjecture, that Sedna lived, towards the close of the sixth, and at the commencement of the
seventh century.
Article II. —St. Setna, Sidonius, or Sedna, of Druim-mac-ubla, CountyofMeath. [FifthorSixthCentury^ InColgan's'andintheBol-
^
landists' work, there is an account of St. Sedna or Sedonius, at the 9th of
March. Sedna or Setna is the Irish form : Sedonius or Sidonius is the Latin forhisname. Thus,SeJ;naofDromamicBlae,appearsintheMartyrology
ofTallagh,3atthe9thofMarch. Heflourished,asearlyasthefifthcentury. His father was named DuUan, or Dalian. * Colgan ascribes his period subse- quently to that time, when St. Patricks had founded the Church of Armagh, supposed to have been 445, according to Ussher,^ or 457, as stated in the " Annals of the Four Masters. " 7 The place over which our saint exercised apastoralchargewasDruimMacUbla,andit wassurroundedbyadesert. It is said to have been situated, not far from Kill-aine, with which the former St. Sedna had been connected. ^ We find Sedna, of Druim-mac-Ublai, or Ua-Bla, entered in the Martyrologies of Cashel, of Marianus O'Gorman, of Maguire, and of Donegal,9 as being venerated on this day. The present saint lived, in his earlier years, as we are told, on the confines of Meath and of Ulster, intheterritoryolUiCreamhthainn,orUiCriomhthainn. Thechurchinwhich his memory was venerated must have been situated, within the baronies of Upper or Lower Slane,'° in the northern part of Meath county j but, there is no church, bearing such a name, to be found, at present, within these baronies. However, a church here existed in 830, when our Annals relate,
over seven townlands, became appropriate Article ii. —' See "Acta Sanctorum to the Abbey of Moville. Hibernise," Marlii ix. De S. Sedna sive '° See " Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Sedonio Abbate de Druim-Mac-Vbla, p.
Down, Connor and Dromore. " Appendix
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