The chief
festival
of St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
, sect, lxv.
, pt n6#
'ss Such is the remark of the author of " Batavia Sacra," p. 44.
"Britannia
5« When Theodoric II. died, a. d. 985, he was buried in this church, as were also the remains of his wife.
59 A
of E^mont, as it stood at that period, is to be cum,
"Trias
Tunii xxv. De S. Adalberto Diacono Vita S. Patricii, n. 135, p. 1S0.
found in the "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. ,
See
Thaumaturga, Septima
Egmundee in Hollandia, p. 96.
60 See "Historic Catholicselbernise Com-
pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. ,
on co t,2 ht '
6i See the Bollandists' "Acta Sancto-
Tegh- Talain in the territory of Hua Meeth-tire, and in the diocese of Armagh. See ibui. ,
berto Diacono, Egmundae in Hollandia. Commentarius Prsevius, num. 5, p. 95.
62 Thus :" In Hollandia Sancti Adelberti Confessoris, discipuli sancti Willibrordi
Kalendas Julii, p. 90.
Article IV. — ' He belonged, it is said,
to the race of Colla-da-chrioch.
"
chap. xiii.
3
4 the church of Colgan places
nn- "7» l8> P- l84-
s
See Colgan's
"Trias
Thaumaturga,"
Soo LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 25.
some relics of the saints, which were brought from beyond the sea. He is also said to have left a St. Cillen or Killen, a bishop, and some of his own holy disciples* to serve this church. 5 According to Dr. Lanigan, however, the church is thought to have derived its name from the present St. Telle or Telain. 6 The situation of Tegh Telle, recognised by Colgan ? as having been
under the
have belonged to Western Meath.
Tigh Telle was in Westmeath. In the Feilire ^Enguis, at this very day, there is a gloss, which places it in the vicinity of Daurmagh, now Durrow, in the northern part of the King's County. Its name was taken from the pre-
jurisdiction
of the Helia
territory,
It is incorrect, however, to state, that
Old Church of Tehelly, King's County.
sent saint, who was a contemporary of St. Fintan, who lived at Taghmun, in
the of Wexford. 10 county
" or lies Tihelly,'3
11 also written
close to Durrow, a parish in the barony of Ballycowan, and in the northern
partoftheKing'sCounty. Atpresent,thereisanancientcemeteryinthat place, and unenclosed in an open field. It is evidently of great antiquity, although at present little used as a place for interments. Such was not the
case, however, in former times, as noticeable on the spot. Mageoghegan *«
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. iii. , cap. ix. , 9 Contained in the Leabhar-Breac, Royal
p. 150. Irish Academy.
6 10 His pedigree is given in theGenealogic
Sanctilogy, at chap. 13. Mis father is said to have been chieftain in this district.
7 See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," v.
Januarii. Vita St. Cerre, n. 10, p. 15.
8"' '
But by western Meath Colgan, and
under-
quotes,
stood not only the present Westmeath, but likewise the King's County, in which Tcch-
Telle ought to be placed, whereas no part of
Heli ever extended —so far as what is now
called Westmeath. " Rev. Dr. Lanigan's
See Dr. O'Donovan's '•Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (u), p. 2S2.
" In Irish, it is written Cit; Cheille, meaning " the habitation of Tell
the older writers whom he
"
chap, xviii. , sect, xii. , n. 156, p. 130.
{rtctif he was the son) "of Brogaine of Tehill. who" (recti' and who) " was a good preacher and divine. "
TM See ibid. , n. (h), p. 319.
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. iii. ,
Tehelly,
Tyhilly
8 is said before to many years
'•' " See the published Inquisition,
nia," Com. Regis, No. 16, Car. I.
13 It is Thcdv. locally pronounced
Lage-
14 In his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise. "A. D. 723. Rubra, chief
scribe of Mounster, died, and the son
"
June 25. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 801
anglicizes this place by the denomination Tehill. 'S The ruins of an old church are yet within the graveyard, but only portions of the side walls are now remain-
16
Several very fine old trees grow around the cemetery, and these com- pletelyovershadowthegraves. Thisplacehasbeenomittedaltogetherfromthe TownlandNamesontheOrdnanceSurveyMapsofIreland; whileitssitehas beenmarkedas 1? in
ing.
Templekieran Abbey,
the townland of Loughaun, in the
parish of Durrow. In likemanner, no notice of it whatever is to be found among
the Antiquarian Papers referring to the King's County, although one of the
most ancient of its ecclesiastical sites. Could it have been the case, that Kieran has been confounded with Chier or Kera, alleged to have been the first inhabitant there? With the permission of St. Fintan Munnu,18 St. Cera *' or Chier is said to have first occupied Tehelly or Tyhilly, afterwards called
" the house or habitation of St. Teille. "20 The re- holy virgin
Teach-Teille,
turned to her own country, and founded the nunnery of Kilcrea, near Cork. It is related, that when the pious virgin Cera asked the holy Fintan Munnu's benediction, the saint replied : "A blessing rest upon this place, and it shall be blessed by God and men, yet it shall not be named after thee. " Cera then enquired, after whom it should be named. St. Fintan Munnu replied: "The man, who on this day hath made three thanksgivings in the plain of Miodh- luachra, shall possess this spot. He is Telle, the son of Segen, who shall afterwards come to this place, and after him, shall it be named. "21 Archdall incorrectly says, that St. Telle was the founder of Teach-Telle, now a parish church, called Kiltalton or Teltown," near Donoughpatrick, and in the dio-
cese of Meath. 2* As St. Fintan Munnu died in the year 634, it is probable, 2
our saint dwelt at Tehelly before, or shortly after, his death. * This place wasburneda. d. 670,butitseemstohavebeensoonrebuilt. Itspatronsaintis mentionedwith encomiuminthe"Feilire"2s ofSt. ^Engus,at the25thofJune.
a6 to the
is described as
his
in the vicinity of Daurmagh, now Durrow. At the 25th of June, the feast of St.
Tellius of Tegh Telle, in Western Meath, is set down in the Calendar of
Cashel, in that of Marianus O'Gorman, as also in that of Charles Maguire.
2
St. Telle is recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal, ? at this date ; as also
28
intheIrishCalendar, preservedintheRoyalIrishAcademy.
ArticleV. —St. Ailell,SonofSeigen. WefindUill,sonofSegin,
recorded in the of 1 without any other addition. There Martyrology Tallagh,
Moreover,
in the
gloss
Feilire-^Engus,
place
being
,6 The annexed view is from a sketch by the author, and taken on the spot, in the month of August, 1888. It was afterwards transferred by William F. Wakeman to the wood, engraved by Mrs. Millard.
•» See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
for the King's County," sheet 8.
,8 The feast of this saint is celebrated, on
the 2 1 st of October.
* See her Acts, at the 5th ofJanuary, in
to have been inhabited,
as See " Transactions of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. 1. , parti. On the Calendar of Oengus p. xcy. * It is stated, that " C15 Celli is
"1 fail TMutunui 51, "»'. *. , "inthe vicimtyof Durrow. "
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeve. , pp. 2E
the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
20 See Rev. A.
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. iii. ,
,
chap lxxv p. 627.
Cogan's
" See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
v. Vita S. Cerse, cap. iv. , niae," Januarii.
p J-
*» '*' As to Teltown, a place not far from
Kells to the east, there is no reason to think that it owes its name to any saint, and it is
more than probable that it is the same, at least in part, as the ancient Tailten, cele- brated for the sports held there in former
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. iii. , chap, xvin. ,
sect, xii. , n. 156, p. 130.
"3 " Hiberni- See Archdall's Monasticon
time. "—Rev. Dr. Lanigan's
cum," p. 573.
24 In Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 282, 283, we read,
that Teagh-Telle was burned in the year " Diocese of 670. Before this year, therefore, it is likely
" ». _*.
8o2 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 25.
are many distinguished ecclesiastics bearing the name of Ailill mentioned by ourannalists,whohaverecordedtheirdeaths. 2 UndertheheadofClocher, Duald Mac Firbis enters an Ailill, bishop, quievit 867. 3 He is also called Scribe and Abbot of that place. 4 We cannot be sure, however, that he is
identical with the present saint. According to the Martyrology of Donegal,* a festival in honour of Ailell, son of Seigen, was celebrated, at the 25th
of June.
ArticleVI. —TheDaughterofMionghar. IntheMartyrologyof
1 we find the
Mionghar was venerated at the 25th of June, as we find recorded, in the
2
Article VII. —Reputed Festival of St. Rumold, Mechlin, Belgium.
The chief festival of St. Rumold occurs on the 1st of July, to which day the reader
is referred for his Life. 1 who calls him Dempster,
Tallagh,
entry, Ingena Ninguir,
at this date. The of daughter
Martyrology of Donegal.
Archbishop
places a feast for him at Mechlin,3 on this day ; but, the Bollandist Father
Daniel Papebroke,4 while distrusting so many figments of that writer, seems to think, there had been some warrant for such an entry, and that it had been
taken from an English Martyrology. 5
Article VIII. —Reputed Festival of St. Egbert. Already, at the 24th day of April, the Life of St. Egbert has been inserted. 1 At the 25th of June, Thomas Dempster 2 has ascribed a festival to him, as Apostle in Frisia. 3 The Bollandists 4 record, likewise, the latter entry, at this day.
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Filan, Scotland. We have
1
alreadygiventheLifeofSt. Fillan, atthe9thdayofJanuary;but,atthis
178, 179.
copi, Dumblancnsem ille sedem in Scotia,
non Dublinensem in Hibernia rcgebat, id
probant insignia Scotici regni ab Archiepis- copo loci gestata. Miraeus. "
3 See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 203.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomusv. , Junii
xxv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 3. 5 He states : "pacii Usuardus Cotrventus Nisstadiensis in Dania ad nos Praga allatus, ubi ex Angluano aliquo, ut arbitror, exemp- lari, ita scriptam lego : In Magliniis passio S. Rumoldi Episcopi Martyris, colitur ipse I
38
Thus: TlAotfi Ceilte 6 Cii Ceille
aniap n—inie mac Segaii mac Colgan -oe c. t>. c. Ordnance Survey Office, Common Place Book F, p. 59.
Article v. — 1 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxviii.
"
The years, however, are only mentioned, but not the day ; if we except the Ailills, bishops of Armagh.
3 See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 98, 99.
4 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 510, 511.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Julii. " —x Article viii.
178, 179. — Article vi. Kelly, p. xxviii.
of this work, Art. i. 2"
' Edited
by
Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp.
" Kalendars of Scottish Saints,"
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. ,
*3
Edited Rev. Dr. He Surius as an—
"In Forbes*
178» '79-
Article vii. "See at that date, the
p. 203. Junii xxv. Among the pretermitted Saints,
—
Seventh Volume of this work, Art. i.
Thus does he phrase the entry : "Mach- linise natalis Rumoldi Scotorum Archiepis-
p. 2. — See in the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
In the Fourth Volume In Menologium Scotorum. "
by quotes authority Frisia Egberti Apostoli. " Bishop
:
Article ix.
of the 2 Scots,
June 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
date, he is commemorated by Thomas Dempster, in his « Menologium Sco-
rUn Bollandlsts 2 on his ! ? \t. Tx »
the 25th of June.
authority, enter a feast for him, likewise, at
Article X. —Reputed Feast for a Translation of St. Livinus'
Relics. In a Manuscript Florarius and 1 the Translation
*
of St. Livinus' relicsiscommemorated,atthe25thofJune. TheBollandists3 record it, with a doubt expressed, that Livinus might probably be mistaken for Lebumus, noticed at this day, and also referred to November ieth the
date for his Deposition.
Article XL—Reputed Festival of St. Nessan, Deacon. At this
x
date, Bishop Challenor has recorded a festival to honour St. Nessan, who
is called a Deacon of St. Patrick, and who is said to have been Patron of Mungarret. ThisplacewasinthecountyofLimerick.
Ctoent^su'jrtfr 2Bap of Suite*
ARTICLE I. —ST. LAICHTEIN, OR LACHTAN. [SIXTH OR SE VENTH CENTUR Y. \
MUCH uncertainty prevails regarding the personality, period and place
ofthe man. Onthe26thof inthe
present holy June, Martyrology
of 1 the Tallagh,
simple entry, Lachtan,
is met with. As
St.
Lactin * or
Lactan,
Abbot of Achadh-ur, now Freshford, died on the 19th of March,3 and about
a. d. thinks he could not have been the —here indicated.
622, Colgan person
we are
of August should 6 have been written and, it is likely, that from one of these,
There is another
theplaceLis-Laichtin7inMunsterisnamed. 8 TheCalendaristO'Cleryadds,
3""
See Acta Sanctorum, tomus v. , Junii such date, the reader is referred to what has
British — Piety," p. 96.
Article
*
Edited
Rev. Dr.
I. Kelly, p. xxviii.
by
2 See
niae," Martii xix.
teno Abbate de Achadh-Ur, et
Colgan's
Laichten,
—on the 1st of the 1st told, day Mays probably
xxv. Amongt—he pretermitted feasts, p. I.
8 St. Livinus, Martyr, at Ghent, has his chief Feast at the 1 2th of November, where his Acts are to be found.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii xxv. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 4.
Article XL— « See "A Memorial of
been already written, in the Third Volume
ofthis Art. i. work,
* According to the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, of Senat-mac-magnus, and of the Four Masters.
5 In a note, Rev. Dr. Todd says, at this
passage, regarding the 1st of May : "There is no Lochtin on the 1st of May, in this
Calendar; so perhaps, we ought to read 19th of March, where another Lachtin is commemorated. "
6 The Rev. Dr. Reeves says, it is more pro- bable on the 1st of August, where a Lachtain is commemorated.
7 There was a monastery of St. Francis at this latter place, when O'Clery wrote out his Calendar of the Irish Saints.
8 The Lachtain of the 19th of March be- longed to Ossory, and therefore he was a Leinster saint.
x Inhis
Article x.
Scotorum," he enters "Leuini translatio. " —Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 203.
"Menologium
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber- De S. Lactino sive Lae-
Episcopo, 3 This was the day for his feast, and to
pp. 655 to 657.
by Dempster,
803
8o4 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 26.
that whatever Lachtan was in Munster, Cuimin of Coindeire says, that he used to be always standing, and praying for the men of Munster, while afford- ing them protection. 9 A St. Lactan, who flourished in the seventh century,
was the and disciple
10 This faithful of companion
of St.
St. Fursey's journeys," may have been the St. Lactan mentioned by the
at the 1st of August. By Colgan, 3 Lis-Laghtin, in the county of Kerry, is said to have been called after the St. Lactin of Achadh-Ur, venerated at the 19thofMarch; yet,itseemsstillmoreprobable,thatplacehadbeendedi- cated to St. Lactan, who had been the confidant and friend of St. Fursey. The latter illustrious saint was more immediately connected with the south and west of Ireland. We are told, that Lis-Laghtin takes name from St. Laghtin, an Irish saint, who died a. d. 622, and that the parish church had been dedicated
1 to him. There are the remains of a once flourishing Franciscan monastery, *
founded in the year 1464, by Conchovar or O'Connor, Prince of Kerry,^
near the extremity of a creek, running from Carrickfoyle, into the River Shan- non. To it are applicable the words of an Irish poet, apostrophising the ruins of a similar institution, in another part of our Island. '6 The patron
companion
Fursey.
Martyrology of Tallagh and by Marianus O'Gorman, at the 26th of June, or 13 x
saint of Donaghmore was named St. Lachteen, and the parish priest kept there in the last century 1 a brazen hand as a holy relic, by which people swore onsolemnoccasions but,thishandwasremovedbyoneofthetitularbishops
;——
of 18 The shrine it is was made to contain the hand of
supposed
St. Lachteen, patron of Donaghmore church, in Muskerry, county of Cork,
Cloyne.
who died in the year 622, 10 and the ancient wooden case, which contained the hand as far as the wrist, is still preserved within the silver case, which was doubtless the depository at an early time of some sacred Christian relic. 20 At present, in the Royal Irish Academy is preserved the Reliquary of St. Lachteen," in the form of a hand and forearm of yew, covered with bronze
» Thus Cuimin says: —
" Laichtin, the champion loved
Humility, and who ever was humble ;
Standing continually,
He used to be sheltering the men o
" Calendar of Irish
10 This holy man was renowned for those heavenly visions, with which he had been favoured.
" The Life of St. — Fursey may
—
,s " Gone your abbot, rule and order, Broken down your altar stones ; Nought see I beneath your shelter,
Save a heap of clayey bones. "
Lament over the Ruins of the Abbey of "
—Rev. Dr.
Munster. "
Timoleague. Samuel Ferguson's Lays of the Western Gael, and other Poems,"
Kelly's Saints," pp. 168, 169.
p. 193.
,J See Charles Smith's " Ancient and Pre-
sent State of the County and City of Cork," vol. i. , book ii. , chap, ii. , p. 176.
on re- at the 16th of January the day for his chief cord his opinion, that the arm engraved in
feast—in the First Volume of this work, Art. i. "See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum, Hiber-
nice," ix. Februarii, Vita S. Fursaei n. 12,
the M Vetusta "
have been the reliquary
be found,
placed
it is said to have come into the possession 13 See ibid. , Martii xix. De S. Lactino of Sir Andrew Fountaine. See Irish
p. 299.
sive Lacteno Abbate de Achadh-Ur, et Episcopo, cap. ix. , p. 657.
14 Aview in Aquatinta, byJonathan Fisher, is to be found in the elegant publication, " Scenery of Ireland, Illustrated in a series of Prints, of select Views, Castles and Abbeys, in this Kingdom," with letter-
press descriptions, Plate xxii. Dublin, 1792, el seq. Oblong folio.
'ss Such is the remark of the author of " Batavia Sacra," p. 44.
"Britannia
5« When Theodoric II. died, a. d. 985, he was buried in this church, as were also the remains of his wife.
59 A
of E^mont, as it stood at that period, is to be cum,
"Trias
Tunii xxv. De S. Adalberto Diacono Vita S. Patricii, n. 135, p. 1S0.
found in the "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. ,
See
Thaumaturga, Septima
Egmundee in Hollandia, p. 96.
60 See "Historic Catholicselbernise Com-
pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. ,
on co t,2 ht '
6i See the Bollandists' "Acta Sancto-
Tegh- Talain in the territory of Hua Meeth-tire, and in the diocese of Armagh. See ibui. ,
berto Diacono, Egmundae in Hollandia. Commentarius Prsevius, num. 5, p. 95.
62 Thus :" In Hollandia Sancti Adelberti Confessoris, discipuli sancti Willibrordi
Kalendas Julii, p. 90.
Article IV. — ' He belonged, it is said,
to the race of Colla-da-chrioch.
"
chap. xiii.
3
4 the church of Colgan places
nn- "7» l8> P- l84-
s
See Colgan's
"Trias
Thaumaturga,"
Soo LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 25.
some relics of the saints, which were brought from beyond the sea. He is also said to have left a St. Cillen or Killen, a bishop, and some of his own holy disciples* to serve this church. 5 According to Dr. Lanigan, however, the church is thought to have derived its name from the present St. Telle or Telain. 6 The situation of Tegh Telle, recognised by Colgan ? as having been
under the
have belonged to Western Meath.
Tigh Telle was in Westmeath. In the Feilire ^Enguis, at this very day, there is a gloss, which places it in the vicinity of Daurmagh, now Durrow, in the northern part of the King's County. Its name was taken from the pre-
jurisdiction
of the Helia
territory,
It is incorrect, however, to state, that
Old Church of Tehelly, King's County.
sent saint, who was a contemporary of St. Fintan, who lived at Taghmun, in
the of Wexford. 10 county
" or lies Tihelly,'3
11 also written
close to Durrow, a parish in the barony of Ballycowan, and in the northern
partoftheKing'sCounty. Atpresent,thereisanancientcemeteryinthat place, and unenclosed in an open field. It is evidently of great antiquity, although at present little used as a place for interments. Such was not the
case, however, in former times, as noticeable on the spot. Mageoghegan *«
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. iii. , cap. ix. , 9 Contained in the Leabhar-Breac, Royal
p. 150. Irish Academy.
6 10 His pedigree is given in theGenealogic
Sanctilogy, at chap. 13. Mis father is said to have been chieftain in this district.
7 See "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," v.
Januarii. Vita St. Cerre, n. 10, p. 15.
8"' '
But by western Meath Colgan, and
under-
quotes,
stood not only the present Westmeath, but likewise the King's County, in which Tcch-
Telle ought to be placed, whereas no part of
Heli ever extended —so far as what is now
called Westmeath. " Rev. Dr. Lanigan's
See Dr. O'Donovan's '•Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (u), p. 2S2.
" In Irish, it is written Cit; Cheille, meaning " the habitation of Tell
the older writers whom he
"
chap, xviii. , sect, xii. , n. 156, p. 130.
{rtctif he was the son) "of Brogaine of Tehill. who" (recti' and who) " was a good preacher and divine. "
TM See ibid. , n. (h), p. 319.
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. iii. ,
Tehelly,
Tyhilly
8 is said before to many years
'•' " See the published Inquisition,
nia," Com. Regis, No. 16, Car. I.
13 It is Thcdv. locally pronounced
Lage-
14 In his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise. "A. D. 723. Rubra, chief
scribe of Mounster, died, and the son
"
June 25. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 801
anglicizes this place by the denomination Tehill. 'S The ruins of an old church are yet within the graveyard, but only portions of the side walls are now remain-
16
Several very fine old trees grow around the cemetery, and these com- pletelyovershadowthegraves. Thisplacehasbeenomittedaltogetherfromthe TownlandNamesontheOrdnanceSurveyMapsofIreland; whileitssitehas beenmarkedas 1? in
ing.
Templekieran Abbey,
the townland of Loughaun, in the
parish of Durrow. In likemanner, no notice of it whatever is to be found among
the Antiquarian Papers referring to the King's County, although one of the
most ancient of its ecclesiastical sites. Could it have been the case, that Kieran has been confounded with Chier or Kera, alleged to have been the first inhabitant there? With the permission of St. Fintan Munnu,18 St. Cera *' or Chier is said to have first occupied Tehelly or Tyhilly, afterwards called
" the house or habitation of St. Teille. "20 The re- holy virgin
Teach-Teille,
turned to her own country, and founded the nunnery of Kilcrea, near Cork. It is related, that when the pious virgin Cera asked the holy Fintan Munnu's benediction, the saint replied : "A blessing rest upon this place, and it shall be blessed by God and men, yet it shall not be named after thee. " Cera then enquired, after whom it should be named. St. Fintan Munnu replied: "The man, who on this day hath made three thanksgivings in the plain of Miodh- luachra, shall possess this spot. He is Telle, the son of Segen, who shall afterwards come to this place, and after him, shall it be named. "21 Archdall incorrectly says, that St. Telle was the founder of Teach-Telle, now a parish church, called Kiltalton or Teltown," near Donoughpatrick, and in the dio-
cese of Meath. 2* As St. Fintan Munnu died in the year 634, it is probable, 2
our saint dwelt at Tehelly before, or shortly after, his death. * This place wasburneda. d. 670,butitseemstohavebeensoonrebuilt. Itspatronsaintis mentionedwith encomiuminthe"Feilire"2s ofSt. ^Engus,at the25thofJune.
a6 to the
is described as
his
in the vicinity of Daurmagh, now Durrow. At the 25th of June, the feast of St.
Tellius of Tegh Telle, in Western Meath, is set down in the Calendar of
Cashel, in that of Marianus O'Gorman, as also in that of Charles Maguire.
2
St. Telle is recorded in the Martyrology of Donegal, ? at this date ; as also
28
intheIrishCalendar, preservedintheRoyalIrishAcademy.
ArticleV. —St. Ailell,SonofSeigen. WefindUill,sonofSegin,
recorded in the of 1 without any other addition. There Martyrology Tallagh,
Moreover,
in the
gloss
Feilire-^Engus,
place
being
,6 The annexed view is from a sketch by the author, and taken on the spot, in the month of August, 1888. It was afterwards transferred by William F. Wakeman to the wood, engraved by Mrs. Millard.
•» See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
for the King's County," sheet 8.
,8 The feast of this saint is celebrated, on
the 2 1 st of October.
* See her Acts, at the 5th ofJanuary, in
to have been inhabited,
as See " Transactions of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. 1. , parti. On the Calendar of Oengus p. xcy. * It is stated, that " C15 Celli is
"1 fail TMutunui 51, "»'. *. , "inthe vicimtyof Durrow. "
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeve. , pp. 2E
the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
20 See Rev. A.
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. iii. ,
,
chap lxxv p. 627.
Cogan's
" See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
v. Vita S. Cerse, cap. iv. , niae," Januarii.
p J-
*» '*' As to Teltown, a place not far from
Kells to the east, there is no reason to think that it owes its name to any saint, and it is
more than probable that it is the same, at least in part, as the ancient Tailten, cele- brated for the sports held there in former
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. iii. , chap, xvin. ,
sect, xii. , n. 156, p. 130.
"3 " Hiberni- See Archdall's Monasticon
time. "—Rev. Dr. Lanigan's
cum," p. 573.
24 In Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 282, 283, we read,
that Teagh-Telle was burned in the year " Diocese of 670. Before this year, therefore, it is likely
" ». _*.
8o2 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 25.
are many distinguished ecclesiastics bearing the name of Ailill mentioned by ourannalists,whohaverecordedtheirdeaths. 2 UndertheheadofClocher, Duald Mac Firbis enters an Ailill, bishop, quievit 867. 3 He is also called Scribe and Abbot of that place. 4 We cannot be sure, however, that he is
identical with the present saint. According to the Martyrology of Donegal,* a festival in honour of Ailell, son of Seigen, was celebrated, at the 25th
of June.
ArticleVI. —TheDaughterofMionghar. IntheMartyrologyof
1 we find the
Mionghar was venerated at the 25th of June, as we find recorded, in the
2
Article VII. —Reputed Festival of St. Rumold, Mechlin, Belgium.
The chief festival of St. Rumold occurs on the 1st of July, to which day the reader
is referred for his Life. 1 who calls him Dempster,
Tallagh,
entry, Ingena Ninguir,
at this date. The of daughter
Martyrology of Donegal.
Archbishop
places a feast for him at Mechlin,3 on this day ; but, the Bollandist Father
Daniel Papebroke,4 while distrusting so many figments of that writer, seems to think, there had been some warrant for such an entry, and that it had been
taken from an English Martyrology. 5
Article VIII. —Reputed Festival of St. Egbert. Already, at the 24th day of April, the Life of St. Egbert has been inserted. 1 At the 25th of June, Thomas Dempster 2 has ascribed a festival to him, as Apostle in Frisia. 3 The Bollandists 4 record, likewise, the latter entry, at this day.
Article IX. —Reputed Feast of St. Filan, Scotland. We have
1
alreadygiventheLifeofSt. Fillan, atthe9thdayofJanuary;but,atthis
178, 179.
copi, Dumblancnsem ille sedem in Scotia,
non Dublinensem in Hibernia rcgebat, id
probant insignia Scotici regni ab Archiepis- copo loci gestata. Miraeus. "
3 See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 203.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomusv. , Junii
xxv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 3. 5 He states : "pacii Usuardus Cotrventus Nisstadiensis in Dania ad nos Praga allatus, ubi ex Angluano aliquo, ut arbitror, exemp- lari, ita scriptam lego : In Magliniis passio S. Rumoldi Episcopi Martyris, colitur ipse I
38
Thus: TlAotfi Ceilte 6 Cii Ceille
aniap n—inie mac Segaii mac Colgan -oe c. t>. c. Ordnance Survey Office, Common Place Book F, p. 59.
Article v. — 1 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxviii.
"
The years, however, are only mentioned, but not the day ; if we except the Ailills, bishops of Armagh.
3 See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 98, 99.
4 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 510, 511.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Julii. " —x Article viii.
178, 179. — Article vi. Kelly, p. xxviii.
of this work, Art. i. 2"
' Edited
by
Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp.
" Kalendars of Scottish Saints,"
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. ,
*3
Edited Rev. Dr. He Surius as an—
"In Forbes*
178» '79-
Article vii. "See at that date, the
p. 203. Junii xxv. Among the pretermitted Saints,
—
Seventh Volume of this work, Art. i.
Thus does he phrase the entry : "Mach- linise natalis Rumoldi Scotorum Archiepis-
p. 2. — See in the First Volume of this work, Art. i.
In the Fourth Volume In Menologium Scotorum. "
by quotes authority Frisia Egberti Apostoli. " Bishop
:
Article ix.
of the 2 Scots,
June 26. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
date, he is commemorated by Thomas Dempster, in his « Menologium Sco-
rUn Bollandlsts 2 on his ! ? \t. Tx »
the 25th of June.
authority, enter a feast for him, likewise, at
Article X. —Reputed Feast for a Translation of St. Livinus'
Relics. In a Manuscript Florarius and 1 the Translation
*
of St. Livinus' relicsiscommemorated,atthe25thofJune. TheBollandists3 record it, with a doubt expressed, that Livinus might probably be mistaken for Lebumus, noticed at this day, and also referred to November ieth the
date for his Deposition.
Article XL—Reputed Festival of St. Nessan, Deacon. At this
x
date, Bishop Challenor has recorded a festival to honour St. Nessan, who
is called a Deacon of St. Patrick, and who is said to have been Patron of Mungarret. ThisplacewasinthecountyofLimerick.
Ctoent^su'jrtfr 2Bap of Suite*
ARTICLE I. —ST. LAICHTEIN, OR LACHTAN. [SIXTH OR SE VENTH CENTUR Y. \
MUCH uncertainty prevails regarding the personality, period and place
ofthe man. Onthe26thof inthe
present holy June, Martyrology
of 1 the Tallagh,
simple entry, Lachtan,
is met with. As
St.
Lactin * or
Lactan,
Abbot of Achadh-ur, now Freshford, died on the 19th of March,3 and about
a. d. thinks he could not have been the —here indicated.
622, Colgan person
we are
of August should 6 have been written and, it is likely, that from one of these,
There is another
theplaceLis-Laichtin7inMunsterisnamed. 8 TheCalendaristO'Cleryadds,
3""
See Acta Sanctorum, tomus v. , Junii such date, the reader is referred to what has
British — Piety," p. 96.
Article
*
Edited
Rev. Dr.
I. Kelly, p. xxviii.
by
2 See
niae," Martii xix.
teno Abbate de Achadh-Ur, et
Colgan's
Laichten,
—on the 1st of the 1st told, day Mays probably
xxv. Amongt—he pretermitted feasts, p. I.
8 St. Livinus, Martyr, at Ghent, has his chief Feast at the 1 2th of November, where his Acts are to be found.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii xxv. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 4.
Article XL— « See "A Memorial of
been already written, in the Third Volume
ofthis Art. i. work,
* According to the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, of Senat-mac-magnus, and of the Four Masters.
5 In a note, Rev. Dr. Todd says, at this
passage, regarding the 1st of May : "There is no Lochtin on the 1st of May, in this
Calendar; so perhaps, we ought to read 19th of March, where another Lachtin is commemorated. "
6 The Rev. Dr. Reeves says, it is more pro- bable on the 1st of August, where a Lachtain is commemorated.
7 There was a monastery of St. Francis at this latter place, when O'Clery wrote out his Calendar of the Irish Saints.
8 The Lachtain of the 19th of March be- longed to Ossory, and therefore he was a Leinster saint.
x Inhis
Article x.
Scotorum," he enters "Leuini translatio. " —Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 203.
"Menologium
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber- De S. Lactino sive Lae-
Episcopo, 3 This was the day for his feast, and to
pp. 655 to 657.
by Dempster,
803
8o4 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 26.
that whatever Lachtan was in Munster, Cuimin of Coindeire says, that he used to be always standing, and praying for the men of Munster, while afford- ing them protection. 9 A St. Lactan, who flourished in the seventh century,
was the and disciple
10 This faithful of companion
of St.
St. Fursey's journeys," may have been the St. Lactan mentioned by the
at the 1st of August. By Colgan, 3 Lis-Laghtin, in the county of Kerry, is said to have been called after the St. Lactin of Achadh-Ur, venerated at the 19thofMarch; yet,itseemsstillmoreprobable,thatplacehadbeendedi- cated to St. Lactan, who had been the confidant and friend of St. Fursey. The latter illustrious saint was more immediately connected with the south and west of Ireland. We are told, that Lis-Laghtin takes name from St. Laghtin, an Irish saint, who died a. d. 622, and that the parish church had been dedicated
1 to him. There are the remains of a once flourishing Franciscan monastery, *
founded in the year 1464, by Conchovar or O'Connor, Prince of Kerry,^
near the extremity of a creek, running from Carrickfoyle, into the River Shan- non. To it are applicable the words of an Irish poet, apostrophising the ruins of a similar institution, in another part of our Island. '6 The patron
companion
Fursey.
Martyrology of Tallagh and by Marianus O'Gorman, at the 26th of June, or 13 x
saint of Donaghmore was named St. Lachteen, and the parish priest kept there in the last century 1 a brazen hand as a holy relic, by which people swore onsolemnoccasions but,thishandwasremovedbyoneofthetitularbishops
;——
of 18 The shrine it is was made to contain the hand of
supposed
St. Lachteen, patron of Donaghmore church, in Muskerry, county of Cork,
Cloyne.
who died in the year 622, 10 and the ancient wooden case, which contained the hand as far as the wrist, is still preserved within the silver case, which was doubtless the depository at an early time of some sacred Christian relic. 20 At present, in the Royal Irish Academy is preserved the Reliquary of St. Lachteen," in the form of a hand and forearm of yew, covered with bronze
» Thus Cuimin says: —
" Laichtin, the champion loved
Humility, and who ever was humble ;
Standing continually,
He used to be sheltering the men o
" Calendar of Irish
10 This holy man was renowned for those heavenly visions, with which he had been favoured.
" The Life of St. — Fursey may
—
,s " Gone your abbot, rule and order, Broken down your altar stones ; Nought see I beneath your shelter,
Save a heap of clayey bones. "
Lament over the Ruins of the Abbey of "
—Rev. Dr.
Munster. "
Timoleague. Samuel Ferguson's Lays of the Western Gael, and other Poems,"
Kelly's Saints," pp. 168, 169.
p. 193.
,J See Charles Smith's " Ancient and Pre-
sent State of the County and City of Cork," vol. i. , book ii. , chap, ii. , p. 176.
on re- at the 16th of January the day for his chief cord his opinion, that the arm engraved in
feast—in the First Volume of this work, Art. i. "See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum, Hiber-
nice," ix. Februarii, Vita S. Fursaei n. 12,
the M Vetusta "
have been the reliquary
be found,
placed
it is said to have come into the possession 13 See ibid. , Martii xix. De S. Lactino of Sir Andrew Fountaine. See Irish
p. 299.
sive Lacteno Abbate de Achadh-Ur, et Episcopo, cap. ix. , p. 657.
14 Aview in Aquatinta, byJonathan Fisher, is to be found in the elegant publication, " Scenery of Ireland, Illustrated in a series of Prints, of select Views, Castles and Abbeys, in this Kingdom," with letter-
press descriptions, Plate xxii. Dublin, 1792, el seq. Oblong folio.
