commencement of the seventh century 4 and, he had a
celebrated
school, ;
with many disciples, at the place, so called, in former times.
with many disciples, at the place, so called, in former times.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v3
Cuangus was renowned for his unblemished character and great learning.
He departed this life, in the year 747.
^ On this day, his feast appears to have been set down with that of the greater patron at Liath-mor.
The name is written, Cuangusa, Mac Aililla, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,7 at the 13th of March.
On the same day, the Calendar of Cashel has Cuangus mac dall of Lethmor, as also have placed the Martyrologies of Marianus O'Gorman and of Maguire.
Cuanghas, Macdall,^ has a festival thus recorded, likewise, in the Martyrology of Donegal,9 and at this date.
Colgan observes, he had been unable to learn more regarding this saint, whose memory was celebrated in all our Irish Martyrologies and Annals.
Article VL—Reputed Feast of Colman, benedic, Cluana tibrinn, ORClontivrin,CountyofFermanagh. Wecannotconsiderthepresent Colman to have been distinct from one bearing the same name, and belong- ing to the same place, as commemorated at the 9th of this month. The adjunct benedic. is probably intended for benedidiis, "blessed. " We find, set down in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' that a festival, in honour of Colman benedic, Cluana tibrinn, was celebrated, on the 13th of March.
Article VIL—Reputed Feast of St. Canoc, or Canocus, Abbot and Confessor, of Brechinia, in Wales. \Iifth or Sixth Century^ Already have we treated about this holy man, whose missionary career has
Franciscan copy enters, at this date, the simple word, Conchent).
Four Masters," vol. 1. , pp. 348, 349, we
'° Edited Drs. Todd and by
Reeves, pp.
" Cuangus, 7 Edited
Abbot of " died. Liath-mor,
Rev. Dr. xviii. In Kelly, p.
74, 75- —' Article v.
"
Acta Sanctorum De S. Cuangussio
by
the Franciscan copy, at the same date, is
See Hiberniae," Martii xiii.
entered, CuAnguj-A vn&o, <\il,c<x.
Abb.
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
Martii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 257.
3 That found in the Martyrology of Tal-
lagh.
• The glossographer, on the " Feilire " of
St. ^nguss, at the 13th of March, adds, that Mochoemoc, the son of Beodh, and Cuangus, the son of Dall, are of Liath mor, in the Southern Ely. " Also, according to the Martyrologies of Cashel, Marianus O'Gorman, Maguire, and Donegal.
5 His Life has been already given, at this
day.
"In Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
* In a
Macdall :
recent hand adds here, 6 tiAC iri6]\ € fof
" He is also of Liath-mor, ac-
74, 75. — Article vi.
Liet-mor, p. 607.
note, i. e. ,
Dr. Todd "Blind
at this
says, word,
find this following entry, at A. D. 747:
ex. |r. AO.
cording to the Felire of Aongus. " In the
:
"
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
margin are the letters y. ao. , i. e. , of Aongus. "
Felire
' Edited
p. xviii. In the Franciscan copy, at this
date, we read, ColmAn bnic cL cib- |Mnne.
Article vii. —' See the Bollandists'
"
Praetermissi et in alios dies
Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , xi. Februarii. relati, p. 507.
boy. " The more
by
Rev. Dr.
Kelly,
368 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 14.
been connected with Ireland, at the nth of February. The Bollandists ^
there notice him,' and again, at the 13th of March, chiefly on the authority ofaSecondEditionofJohnWilson'sEnglishMartyrology. Thisentersa festival for St. Conoc, Abbot and Confessor of Brechinia, in Wales, for the latter date.
Article VIII. —Reputed Festival of a St. Viganus. [Tenth and
Eleventh Centuries^] A saint, called Viganus, or Vigan, is entered for the 13th of
March, in the anonymous Calendar of Irish Saints, published by OSuUevan
Beare. On the authority of the English Martyrology, Henry Fitzsimon places him on the list of our national saints, at the same date. ' There is a
Viganus,invokedasViganach,intheDunkeldLitany. Hewasananchoret in Leven province, Scotland ; but, whether he was born in Ireland, or in Scot-
land, does not appear. After proving his vocation in the monastery of Cluney, he withdrew to an island of Lovin"" or Loumond^ Lake, where he might see and taste how gracious the Lord was in solitude. He was a friend of King Mal- colm II. An enemy, Grim, otherwise known as Girgh Mac Kinat Mac Duff, or Kenneth III. ,5 wished to force a combat on him ; but, Malcolm, shouting
antiquarian interest, in the churchyard of St. Vigeans, near Arbroath.
jfourteeutl) JBap of iBarrl).
ARTICLE I . —S T. TALMACH, CONFESSOR. [SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. -^
short notices of St. Talmach are given by Colgan, at the 14th of
March. ' At this same date, the Bollandists^ have even a briefer SOME
" See ibid. , tomus ii. , Martii xiii. Among pp. 384 to 398.
" Scatter the nations that in Thou that sittest above the delight war.
out,
heavens," defeated his opponent, according to a legendary account of the battle. This took place at Moeghanard, or Monzievard,^ in Stratherne, a. d. 1005. 7 David Camerarius places the death of our saint, at a. d. 1012. In the Kalendar of David Camerarius,^ at the 13th of March, we find St. Viganus, Confessor and Anchorite, celebrated in Leuina or Leven province. ^ Vigeanus is another form of this saint's name, and it is only the Latinized Irish deno- minationofFechin. '° St. Vigean'sCross"isstillanobjectotreligiousand
the saints,p. 258.
sHereignedfromA. D. 997to10x34. See ibid. , cap. vii. , pp. 382, 383.
^
bee E. William Robertson's "Scotland under her early Kings," vol. i. , p. 92.
? See Innes,"' Critical Essay," Appendix V.
^ He cites the authority of Bcethius and
pretermitted — Article viii.
'
"
See
11cae Iberniae Compendium," tomus i. , lib.
iv. , cap. X. , p. 48, cap. xi. , p. 49, and cap. xii. , p. 57. Fitzsimon refers to a St. Vul-
gan, or Volcan, mentioned by Jocelin, in
"
Catalogue, we read, ArtesiS. 2Novem. " " Now Loch Leven.
S. Wulganus, Epis.
simul ac novae Ecclesise, et Infidelium Con-
versione,'' lib. i. , cap. iii. , sect. 2, pp. 165, 166.
'See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of
3 Now Loch Lomond.
< His reign lasted from A. D. 1005 to the
2';th of November, 1034. A very interest- iiig account ot it will be found, in William F. Skene's " Celtic Scotland : a History of Ancient Alban," vol. i. , book i. , chap, viii. ,
See William F. Skene's Celtic Scot- land : a History of Ancient Alban," voh ii. , book ii. , chap iv. , p. 178, n. loi.
Historije Catho-
Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. 141. See Leslasus, as also that of the Liber Plusquar- """
Trias Thaumaturga, p. 96. Allusion is also made to St. Wulgan, a Bishop, at the 2nd of November, where he is called a Scot, mthe Chronica Cameracensia. InConvseus'
tensis. See De Statu Hominis Veteris
ScottishSaints,"pp. 236,456. '° "
" This and other sculptured stones are described from casts taken by Mr. Henry Laing, by his namesake Mr. Laing, F. S. A.
Scotland, in
"
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March 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 369
account. Some casual references to him, especially taken from an old Life of St. Finnbarr of Cork,3 are all we have to draw from. St. Talmach was borninthesixthcentury,aswouldseemmostprobable. Weareleftinthe dark,however,regardinghisparentage,familyandplaceofbirth. Thissaint appears to have received his ecclesiastical training under St. Barr, at Loch Erce, in the southern and maritime part of Ireland. He flourished in the
Gougane Barra, County of Cork.
commencement of the seventh century 4 and, he had a celebrated school, ;
with many disciples, at the place, so called, in former times. s Some have
supposed, that Loch Eirce or Ire was identical with the present romantic
lake, known as Gougane-Barra, said to mean, " the hermitage of St. P'inbar,"^
"
or
Finbar's rock-cleft. " ^ This retreat is justly esteemed one of the greatest
curiosities, in the county of Cork ; for, the lake lies embedded beneath vast
and hoary perpendicular rocks, enclosing it around. ^ The lake itself is
almost circular, and comprises about 200 acres. The River Lee, being the Luvius of Ptolemy, takes its rise here. Shrubs and evergreens grow in the rock-clefts, which are scored throughout with deep fissures and water-courses.
Antiquaries of Scotland. " See vol. i. , pp. the City and Comity of Cork," chap, iii. ,
294 to 296.
Article i. —' See Acta Sanctorum
Hibernise," xiv. Martii. De S. Talmacho,
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Martii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints, P- 342-
3 See his Life, at the 25th of September.
* Ussher will not allow the story told, that St. Finnbarr of Cork could have been a contemporary with St. David, Bishop of
"
PP- 38, 39-
Confessore, p. 607. *"
"^
by William F. Wakeman, and engraved by Menevia. See Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Mrs. Millard, admirably illustrates the
Antiquitates," cap. xvii. , pp. 493, 503, and Index Chronologicus, at A. D. Dcxxx. , p. 537. ,
site, the wooded island, and St. Finbar's
hermitage, yet the scene of frequent pilgrim- ages, with the surrounding lake and distant mountains.
5 See Miss M. F. Cusack's "
History
of
. . J See Charles Smith's "Ancient and
Present State of the County and City of
Cork," vol. i. , book ii. , chap, ii. , pp. 192,
193-
^ This latter is" the rendering of Dr. P. W.
"
Origin and History of Irish Names and Places," part iv. , chap, vi. , p.
446.
* The present view, drawn on the wood,
Joyce, in his
2A
370 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 14.
Colgan supposes, that our saint must have studied here, under St. Barr, in the time of Pope Gregory the Great, and either before or soon after his death,
which occurred a. d. 604. 9 Having been distinguished for his virtues, in common with other fellow-disciples, under the same illustrious master, St. Talmach is said to have built a church, which became subject to St. Barr's government. Where this church had been erected, we have now no means left for determining. The date of St. Talmach's death is not known ; but, his Natalis was observed, on the 14th day of March, according to our Irish Martyrologists. Thus, the name, S. Talmac, occurs, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,'° as also in that of Marianus O'Gorman, where he is styled, a very meritorious and a rigorous virgin. Maguire does not forget to mark his commemoration, in a similar manner. We read, likewise, in the Martyrology of Donegal," about Talmach, as having a festival at this date. Little more is known, regarding this saint.
Article II. —St. Flannan of Cill-Ard. On the 14th of March, in
theMartyrologyofTallagh,'wefindthenameofFlanan,Cilleaird. " Many places, called Killard, are known, in different parts of Ireland. The Bollan-
dists,3 who barely notice St. Flannanus, at this date, also assert, that, probably, his Kill-aird—formerly called Druimard—was at Hy-Garchon, in
Lagenia. Forthisstatement,however,theyquoteColgan'sauthority,^inhis Acts of St. Aidus. s Under either name, it is not to be found on the Ord- nance Survey Maps for the county of Wicklow —it was called Kill-
; although,
aird there, in the time of Colgan. There was a Cill-airidh said to be—known
at present as Killerry,^ in the barony of Tirerrill, county of Sligo where there appears to have been an ecclesiastical establishment, in the middle of thefourteenthcentury. 7 TheancientnameforKilworth,^inthecountyof Cork, is said to have been Cill Uird. 9 Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguire have notices of this saint, in their respective Martyrologies. Flannan, of Cill Ard, is mentioned in the Martyrology of Donegal,^" on this day. The time when he flourished does not appear to have been ascertained.
ArticleIII. —St. Ultan,ofH. Aignigh,or,ofMaghnidh. '' There appears to be a great difficulty, in determining who this saint was, when he
9 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xiv. Martii. De S. Talmacho, p. 607.
"Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii.
After the entry of 32 foreign saints, at this date, the Franciscan copy places, Sci CaL- iriAchi.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
s His festivals are celebrated on the 28th
of February, and on the loth of November.
°"
See its bounds defined, on the Ord-
nance Survey Tovvnland Maps for the
County of Sligo," Sheets 15, 21, 27, 28. The townland proper is marked on Sheets
15, 21. 7 In
the Archdeacon of this Article IL Edited by Rev. Dr. died. See Annals of Loch Ce. " Edited Kelly, p. xviii. In the Franciscan copy, we by W. M. Hennessy, vol. ii. , pp. 24, 25,
76, 77. — '
1362,
"
have this entry, •ptAnriAn Cibbi ai^to. —
541.
"
not determined — this short identity being by
description of Mr. S. Bindon among the Burgundian Library Manuscripts, Bruxellcs, vol. xxii. , atfol. 168.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Feb- ruarii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 342.
*
There is a Latin Vita S. Flannani his
* See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernias," 8.
xxviii. Februarii. Vita S. Aidi Epis. et " Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. Confessoris, n. 15, p, 422. 76, 77-
place
This parish is in the baronies of Con-
dons and
Clangibbon,
as shown on the for the
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
County of Cork," Sheets 19, 20, 27, 28.
The town and townland proper are marked on Sheets 27, 28.
' Mr. Joseph O'Longan's Translation of
" Forbuis " n. 12 to p. Dromadamhghaire,
March 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 371
lived, and where he had been venerated. Colgan^ appears to regard him, as
a disciple of St. Declan,^ Bishop^ and Abbot of Ardmore, and to whom he is said to have become a successor. As too often happens, Archdall assumes
Colgan's conjecture to be a fact, when he thinks, the saint of this day lived after the year 550. + The Bollandists briefly notice him, and with doubt in- timated. 5 The Rev. Dr. Lanigan shows, that as the disciple of St. Declan is called Ultan, son of Ere, he must probably be different from the present holy man, who is called Ultan Magonighe. ^ Thus are we left to further conjec- ture. An entry is found, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,7 at the 14th of March, regarding Ultan h. aighnigh. Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguirehavehimdown,atthesamedate,asUltanMaignidhe. Again,the festival, in honour of Ultan, of Maghnidh, was celebrated on this day, accord-
ingtotheMartyrologyofDonegal. ^ Hislocalitymayhavebeenidentical with Magh Niadh, in the county of Fermanagh. 9
Article IV. —Festival of St. Dionysius, the Bishop, and of St. Salvator. In our early Irish Church, the festival of the holy Bishop Dionysius and of St. Salvator was kept on this day, as appears from an entry, to be found in the "Feilire" of St. yEngus. ' St. Dionysius, with other martyrs, at Thessalonica, is mentioned, in a manuscript copy of St. Jerome's Martyrology, and from another Codex, belonging to Rheinau, as mentioned by the Bollandists, at this date. ^ St. Salvator appears to have suffered martyrdom, at Carthage, according to a Manuscript of Prague, and the Martyrology of Tallagh. s
Article V. —St. C^emhan, or Cceman. A record is found in the
Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 14th of March, regarding a saint, who is only calledCoeman. TheBollandists^^alludetoCaimanus,onthisday,asfound in the Irish Calendars. St. Patrick is said to have built a church, called Seandomnach, at a place denominated Ard-lice, in the territory of Tir-chai- readha,inConnaught. Overthis,hesetadeacon,namedCceman. 3 How-
Article in. —' See " Acta Sanctorum
Hiberniae," xiv. Martii. De S. Ultano,
See his Life, at the 24th of July.
3 Dr. Lanigan thinks it probable, that although he was so called, no permanent
copy, with its English translation, has been furnished by Professor O'Looney : —
Abb. Ardmorensi, p. 608. ^
'Oior>if in cefpuc Aj:a cbe|\i coemA
ConiAinm c\a\tz i\onj'tiAit)e SaIuaIcu|\ i\on|'oe|\A.
Dionysius the bishop "Whose clericks were chaste
May the name of Christ protect us.
MaySalvatorsaveus.
See had been at Ardmore, in his time. See
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. i. ,
chap, ix. , sect, vii. , n. in, p. 463.
* See his " Monasticon Hibernicum," ^p.
Article VL—Reputed Feast of Colman, benedic, Cluana tibrinn, ORClontivrin,CountyofFermanagh. Wecannotconsiderthepresent Colman to have been distinct from one bearing the same name, and belong- ing to the same place, as commemorated at the 9th of this month. The adjunct benedic. is probably intended for benedidiis, "blessed. " We find, set down in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' that a festival, in honour of Colman benedic, Cluana tibrinn, was celebrated, on the 13th of March.
Article VIL—Reputed Feast of St. Canoc, or Canocus, Abbot and Confessor, of Brechinia, in Wales. \Iifth or Sixth Century^ Already have we treated about this holy man, whose missionary career has
Franciscan copy enters, at this date, the simple word, Conchent).
Four Masters," vol. 1. , pp. 348, 349, we
'° Edited Drs. Todd and by
Reeves, pp.
" Cuangus, 7 Edited
Abbot of " died. Liath-mor,
Rev. Dr. xviii. In Kelly, p.
74, 75- —' Article v.
"
Acta Sanctorum De S. Cuangussio
by
the Franciscan copy, at the same date, is
See Hiberniae," Martii xiii.
entered, CuAnguj-A vn&o, <\il,c<x.
Abb.
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. ,
Martii xiii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 257.
3 That found in the Martyrology of Tal-
lagh.
• The glossographer, on the " Feilire " of
St. ^nguss, at the 13th of March, adds, that Mochoemoc, the son of Beodh, and Cuangus, the son of Dall, are of Liath mor, in the Southern Ely. " Also, according to the Martyrologies of Cashel, Marianus O'Gorman, Maguire, and Donegal.
5 His Life has been already given, at this
day.
"In Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
* In a
Macdall :
recent hand adds here, 6 tiAC iri6]\ € fof
" He is also of Liath-mor, ac-
74, 75. — Article vi.
Liet-mor, p. 607.
note, i. e. ,
Dr. Todd "Blind
at this
says, word,
find this following entry, at A. D. 747:
ex. |r. AO.
cording to the Felire of Aongus. " In the
:
"
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
margin are the letters y. ao. , i. e. , of Aongus. "
Felire
' Edited
p. xviii. In the Franciscan copy, at this
date, we read, ColmAn bnic cL cib- |Mnne.
Article vii. —' See the Bollandists'
"
Praetermissi et in alios dies
Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , xi. Februarii. relati, p. 507.
boy. " The more
by
Rev. Dr.
Kelly,
368 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 14.
been connected with Ireland, at the nth of February. The Bollandists ^
there notice him,' and again, at the 13th of March, chiefly on the authority ofaSecondEditionofJohnWilson'sEnglishMartyrology. Thisentersa festival for St. Conoc, Abbot and Confessor of Brechinia, in Wales, for the latter date.
Article VIII. —Reputed Festival of a St. Viganus. [Tenth and
Eleventh Centuries^] A saint, called Viganus, or Vigan, is entered for the 13th of
March, in the anonymous Calendar of Irish Saints, published by OSuUevan
Beare. On the authority of the English Martyrology, Henry Fitzsimon places him on the list of our national saints, at the same date. ' There is a
Viganus,invokedasViganach,intheDunkeldLitany. Hewasananchoret in Leven province, Scotland ; but, whether he was born in Ireland, or in Scot-
land, does not appear. After proving his vocation in the monastery of Cluney, he withdrew to an island of Lovin"" or Loumond^ Lake, where he might see and taste how gracious the Lord was in solitude. He was a friend of King Mal- colm II. An enemy, Grim, otherwise known as Girgh Mac Kinat Mac Duff, or Kenneth III. ,5 wished to force a combat on him ; but, Malcolm, shouting
antiquarian interest, in the churchyard of St. Vigeans, near Arbroath.
jfourteeutl) JBap of iBarrl).
ARTICLE I . —S T. TALMACH, CONFESSOR. [SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES. -^
short notices of St. Talmach are given by Colgan, at the 14th of
March. ' At this same date, the Bollandists^ have even a briefer SOME
" See ibid. , tomus ii. , Martii xiii. Among pp. 384 to 398.
" Scatter the nations that in Thou that sittest above the delight war.
out,
heavens," defeated his opponent, according to a legendary account of the battle. This took place at Moeghanard, or Monzievard,^ in Stratherne, a. d. 1005. 7 David Camerarius places the death of our saint, at a. d. 1012. In the Kalendar of David Camerarius,^ at the 13th of March, we find St. Viganus, Confessor and Anchorite, celebrated in Leuina or Leven province. ^ Vigeanus is another form of this saint's name, and it is only the Latinized Irish deno- minationofFechin. '° St. Vigean'sCross"isstillanobjectotreligiousand
the saints,p. 258.
sHereignedfromA. D. 997to10x34. See ibid. , cap. vii. , pp. 382, 383.
^
bee E. William Robertson's "Scotland under her early Kings," vol. i. , p. 92.
? See Innes,"' Critical Essay," Appendix V.
^ He cites the authority of Bcethius and
pretermitted — Article viii.
'
"
See
11cae Iberniae Compendium," tomus i. , lib.
iv. , cap. X. , p. 48, cap. xi. , p. 49, and cap. xii. , p. 57. Fitzsimon refers to a St. Vul-
gan, or Volcan, mentioned by Jocelin, in
"
Catalogue, we read, ArtesiS. 2Novem. " " Now Loch Leven.
S. Wulganus, Epis.
simul ac novae Ecclesise, et Infidelium Con-
versione,'' lib. i. , cap. iii. , sect. 2, pp. 165, 166.
'See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of
3 Now Loch Lomond.
< His reign lasted from A. D. 1005 to the
2';th of November, 1034. A very interest- iiig account ot it will be found, in William F. Skene's " Celtic Scotland : a History of Ancient Alban," vol. i. , book i. , chap, viii. ,
See William F. Skene's Celtic Scot- land : a History of Ancient Alban," voh ii. , book ii. , chap iv. , p. 178, n. loi.
Historije Catho-
Sexta Vita S. Patricii, cap. 141. See Leslasus, as also that of the Liber Plusquar- """
Trias Thaumaturga, p. 96. Allusion is also made to St. Wulgan, a Bishop, at the 2nd of November, where he is called a Scot, mthe Chronica Cameracensia. InConvseus'
tensis. See De Statu Hominis Veteris
ScottishSaints,"pp. 236,456. '° "
" This and other sculptured stones are described from casts taken by Mr. Henry Laing, by his namesake Mr. Laing, F. S. A.
Scotland, in
"
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March 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 369
account. Some casual references to him, especially taken from an old Life of St. Finnbarr of Cork,3 are all we have to draw from. St. Talmach was borninthesixthcentury,aswouldseemmostprobable. Weareleftinthe dark,however,regardinghisparentage,familyandplaceofbirth. Thissaint appears to have received his ecclesiastical training under St. Barr, at Loch Erce, in the southern and maritime part of Ireland. He flourished in the
Gougane Barra, County of Cork.
commencement of the seventh century 4 and, he had a celebrated school, ;
with many disciples, at the place, so called, in former times. s Some have
supposed, that Loch Eirce or Ire was identical with the present romantic
lake, known as Gougane-Barra, said to mean, " the hermitage of St. P'inbar,"^
"
or
Finbar's rock-cleft. " ^ This retreat is justly esteemed one of the greatest
curiosities, in the county of Cork ; for, the lake lies embedded beneath vast
and hoary perpendicular rocks, enclosing it around. ^ The lake itself is
almost circular, and comprises about 200 acres. The River Lee, being the Luvius of Ptolemy, takes its rise here. Shrubs and evergreens grow in the rock-clefts, which are scored throughout with deep fissures and water-courses.
Antiquaries of Scotland. " See vol. i. , pp. the City and Comity of Cork," chap, iii. ,
294 to 296.
Article i. —' See Acta Sanctorum
Hibernise," xiv. Martii. De S. Talmacho,
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Martii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints, P- 342-
3 See his Life, at the 25th of September.
* Ussher will not allow the story told, that St. Finnbarr of Cork could have been a contemporary with St. David, Bishop of
"
PP- 38, 39-
Confessore, p. 607. *"
"^
by William F. Wakeman, and engraved by Menevia. See Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Mrs. Millard, admirably illustrates the
Antiquitates," cap. xvii. , pp. 493, 503, and Index Chronologicus, at A. D. Dcxxx. , p. 537. ,
site, the wooded island, and St. Finbar's
hermitage, yet the scene of frequent pilgrim- ages, with the surrounding lake and distant mountains.
5 See Miss M. F. Cusack's "
History
of
. . J See Charles Smith's "Ancient and
Present State of the County and City of
Cork," vol. i. , book ii. , chap, ii. , pp. 192,
193-
^ This latter is" the rendering of Dr. P. W.
"
Origin and History of Irish Names and Places," part iv. , chap, vi. , p.
446.
* The present view, drawn on the wood,
Joyce, in his
2A
370 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 14.
Colgan supposes, that our saint must have studied here, under St. Barr, in the time of Pope Gregory the Great, and either before or soon after his death,
which occurred a. d. 604. 9 Having been distinguished for his virtues, in common with other fellow-disciples, under the same illustrious master, St. Talmach is said to have built a church, which became subject to St. Barr's government. Where this church had been erected, we have now no means left for determining. The date of St. Talmach's death is not known ; but, his Natalis was observed, on the 14th day of March, according to our Irish Martyrologists. Thus, the name, S. Talmac, occurs, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,'° as also in that of Marianus O'Gorman, where he is styled, a very meritorious and a rigorous virgin. Maguire does not forget to mark his commemoration, in a similar manner. We read, likewise, in the Martyrology of Donegal," about Talmach, as having a festival at this date. Little more is known, regarding this saint.
Article II. —St. Flannan of Cill-Ard. On the 14th of March, in
theMartyrologyofTallagh,'wefindthenameofFlanan,Cilleaird. " Many places, called Killard, are known, in different parts of Ireland. The Bollan-
dists,3 who barely notice St. Flannanus, at this date, also assert, that, probably, his Kill-aird—formerly called Druimard—was at Hy-Garchon, in
Lagenia. Forthisstatement,however,theyquoteColgan'sauthority,^inhis Acts of St. Aidus. s Under either name, it is not to be found on the Ord- nance Survey Maps for the county of Wicklow —it was called Kill-
; although,
aird there, in the time of Colgan. There was a Cill-airidh said to be—known
at present as Killerry,^ in the barony of Tirerrill, county of Sligo where there appears to have been an ecclesiastical establishment, in the middle of thefourteenthcentury. 7 TheancientnameforKilworth,^inthecountyof Cork, is said to have been Cill Uird. 9 Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguire have notices of this saint, in their respective Martyrologies. Flannan, of Cill Ard, is mentioned in the Martyrology of Donegal,^" on this day. The time when he flourished does not appear to have been ascertained.
ArticleIII. —St. Ultan,ofH. Aignigh,or,ofMaghnidh. '' There appears to be a great difficulty, in determining who this saint was, when he
9 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xiv. Martii. De S. Talmacho, p. 607.
"Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii.
After the entry of 32 foreign saints, at this date, the Franciscan copy places, Sci CaL- iriAchi.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
s His festivals are celebrated on the 28th
of February, and on the loth of November.
°"
See its bounds defined, on the Ord-
nance Survey Tovvnland Maps for the
County of Sligo," Sheets 15, 21, 27, 28. The townland proper is marked on Sheets
15, 21. 7 In
the Archdeacon of this Article IL Edited by Rev. Dr. died. See Annals of Loch Ce. " Edited Kelly, p. xviii. In the Franciscan copy, we by W. M. Hennessy, vol. ii. , pp. 24, 25,
76, 77. — '
1362,
"
have this entry, •ptAnriAn Cibbi ai^to. —
541.
"
not determined — this short identity being by
description of Mr. S. Bindon among the Burgundian Library Manuscripts, Bruxellcs, vol. xxii. , atfol. 168.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Feb- ruarii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 342.
*
There is a Latin Vita S. Flannani his
* See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernias," 8.
xxviii. Februarii. Vita S. Aidi Epis. et " Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. Confessoris, n. 15, p, 422. 76, 77-
place
This parish is in the baronies of Con-
dons and
Clangibbon,
as shown on the for the
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
County of Cork," Sheets 19, 20, 27, 28.
The town and townland proper are marked on Sheets 27, 28.
' Mr. Joseph O'Longan's Translation of
" Forbuis " n. 12 to p. Dromadamhghaire,
March 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 371
lived, and where he had been venerated. Colgan^ appears to regard him, as
a disciple of St. Declan,^ Bishop^ and Abbot of Ardmore, and to whom he is said to have become a successor. As too often happens, Archdall assumes
Colgan's conjecture to be a fact, when he thinks, the saint of this day lived after the year 550. + The Bollandists briefly notice him, and with doubt in- timated. 5 The Rev. Dr. Lanigan shows, that as the disciple of St. Declan is called Ultan, son of Ere, he must probably be different from the present holy man, who is called Ultan Magonighe. ^ Thus are we left to further conjec- ture. An entry is found, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,7 at the 14th of March, regarding Ultan h. aighnigh. Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguirehavehimdown,atthesamedate,asUltanMaignidhe. Again,the festival, in honour of Ultan, of Maghnidh, was celebrated on this day, accord-
ingtotheMartyrologyofDonegal. ^ Hislocalitymayhavebeenidentical with Magh Niadh, in the county of Fermanagh. 9
Article IV. —Festival of St. Dionysius, the Bishop, and of St. Salvator. In our early Irish Church, the festival of the holy Bishop Dionysius and of St. Salvator was kept on this day, as appears from an entry, to be found in the "Feilire" of St. yEngus. ' St. Dionysius, with other martyrs, at Thessalonica, is mentioned, in a manuscript copy of St. Jerome's Martyrology, and from another Codex, belonging to Rheinau, as mentioned by the Bollandists, at this date. ^ St. Salvator appears to have suffered martyrdom, at Carthage, according to a Manuscript of Prague, and the Martyrology of Tallagh. s
Article V. —St. C^emhan, or Cceman. A record is found in the
Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 14th of March, regarding a saint, who is only calledCoeman. TheBollandists^^alludetoCaimanus,onthisday,asfound in the Irish Calendars. St. Patrick is said to have built a church, called Seandomnach, at a place denominated Ard-lice, in the territory of Tir-chai- readha,inConnaught. Overthis,hesetadeacon,namedCceman. 3 How-
Article in. —' See " Acta Sanctorum
Hiberniae," xiv. Martii. De S. Ultano,
See his Life, at the 24th of July.
3 Dr. Lanigan thinks it probable, that although he was so called, no permanent
copy, with its English translation, has been furnished by Professor O'Looney : —
Abb. Ardmorensi, p. 608. ^
'Oior>if in cefpuc Aj:a cbe|\i coemA
ConiAinm c\a\tz i\onj'tiAit)e SaIuaIcu|\ i\on|'oe|\A.
Dionysius the bishop "Whose clericks were chaste
May the name of Christ protect us.
MaySalvatorsaveus.
See had been at Ardmore, in his time. See
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. i. ,
chap, ix. , sect, vii. , n. in, p. 463.
* See his " Monasticon Hibernicum," ^p.
