'=' Here, as Colgan remarks, the author of the Tripartite Life inverts the order of
narrative, by relating the actions of the Maccarthenn already mentioned, which must have taken place, at a time, when, before or after this Inishowen visit, he had been in Connaught.
narrative, by relating the actions of the Maccarthenn already mentioned, which must have taken place, at a time, when, before or after this Inishowen visit, he had been in Connaught.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v3
(f), p.
120.
*" Colgan errs, when placing this territory
inKiennacht. SeeIndexTopographiaa,to
"
The townland of Elaghbeg, in the parish of Burt, and barony of Inishowen West, is shown, on the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Donegal,"
Londonderry," Sheets 13, 14.
"' Tliis name is said to be partly pre-
Trias Thaumaturga," p. 715.
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 639
churches,"3 during seven weeks he spent about the River Fochaine, or Foch- muine, now the Faughan,"* a stream which flows, in a north-westerly
direction, into Lough Foyle. These churches are called respectively, in the Irish Tripartite Life, Domhnach-Dola,"5 or Domhnach Dula,"^ Domhnach- Simlis,"7 Domhnach-Dara,"^ Domhnach-Senchua,"9 Domhnach-Minch- luane,'2° Domhnach-Catte,'" and Both-Domhnaigh. '" Within the present counties of Derry and Tyrone, these churches seem to have been erected ; and, it is probable, if some of their denominations have become obsolete, others may yet survive, in corruptions of topography, or in popular tr3,ditions.
Then Patrick proceeded into Tir-Eoghain of the Islands, according to the IrishTripartite; but,itdoesnotappeartohavebeenaplace,distinctfrom
Inis-Eoghain. "3 AportionofthisterritorywasthengovernedbyFergus, who was the son of Eoghan. "* The holy Apostle there began to build a Disert,"S or to measure out church foundations, at a certain place, called Achadh-Driman,"^ or Achadh-Droman. "7 However, Coelbad, son of Fer- guss,"^ or of Eoghan, violently drove him thence ; and, St. Patrick said, in consequence thereof, at that place, his race should never have a goodly house
"3 Colgan could not find any account of
them, however, one only excepted, and, that obscure enough, called Badoney. Archdall might have passed this over, as a monastic erection, without swelling his " Monasticon Hibemicon " with it. Had such churches been really erected by St. Patrick, they would, in Dr. Lanigan's opinion, have been well known, and have been held in high estimation. See Rev. Dr.
Bodoney—both in the barony of Upper Strabane. The former is described, on the
"
Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Tyrone," Sheets 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19. The latter is shown, on Sheets 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, ibid. The old church and cemetery of Bo- doney are situated, near the Glenelly River, in Glenrone townland, Upper Bodoney parish. In 932, Muireacan of this place was abbot or corbe of
as the King of Ireland.
"^ According to the Latin Tripartite.
"* So states the Latin Tripartite Life.
"^ There is a parish, known as Desert-
egny, in the barony of Inishowen West, and
it is marked, on the "Ordnance Survey
Tovraland Maps for the County of Donegal,"
Sheets 9, 10, 18, 19, 28, 29. It is question- able, however, if this be the place here
" Ecclesiastical
land," vol. i. , chap, vi. , sect, ii. , n. 13, p.
264.
"* It rises near the boundaries of Derry
and Tyrone Counties, among the Sperrin Mountains.
"5 This is omitted from the enumeration, as found in the Latin Tripartite Life. The site of this church has not been ascertained. Probably, it was near the Moyola.
"^ Among St. Patrick's domestics was
Lanigan's
History
of Ire-
Armagh. During that year, he crowned Aodh, son of Donnell,
" Satutus Beschna— proesbyter
de Domnach-
"
The name " Disert " is
merely
dala, Sacelianus. " Colgan's
maturga," Vita Tripartita S. Patricii, lib. iii. , cap. xcviii. , p. 167.
"' The Latin Tripartite Life writes it, Domnach- Seinlis.
"' The Latin Tripartite Life has it, Dom- nach-Daire.
"9 In the Latin Tripartite, Domnach- Senchua.
"°
the It
Trias Thau-
designated.
an Irish form of Latin Desertum.
In the Latin Tripartite, Domnach-
Mionchluana. This is the old church of and, perhaps, the place here mentioned.
Clooney, in the parish of Clondermot, near Derry, mentioned in Rev. William Reeves'
"
Acts of Archbishop Colton in his Metro- politan Visitation of the Diocese of Derry, A. D. Mcccxcvii. ," pp. 31, 32.
"' The Latin Tripartite has it, Domnach- Catha.
"' The Latin Tripartite writes it, Boith- Domnaich. This is now Bodoney, in the north of Tyrone County, and in the diocese of Derry. There are two parishes, bearing this name—viz. , Upper Bodoney and Lower
See Rev. William Reeves' "Acts of Arch- bishop Colton in his Metropolitan Visitation of the Diocese of DeiTy, A. D. mcccxcvii. ," Additional Notes F. , nn. (k, 1), pp. 120, 121.
"7 So is it written, in the Latin Tripartite Life.
"^ Such is the relationship, as given, in the Latin Tripartite Life ; but, in the Irish version, Coedbad is called the son of
Eoghan.
'=? The Irish word, Eai, denotes a turbu*
primarily signified "a sequestered place,"
and it was afterwards applied to the church,
erected in such a spot j hence, it came to **
a hermitage. " As a prefix to the
signify
names of churches, it was exceedingly common.
"'^ So is it named, in the Irish Tripartite. There is a townland, called Magheradrum- man, in the parish of Donagh, in Inishowen,
640 Livns OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
to live in. The event proved the truth of this prediction ; for, Comman, son
of Algasach, sprung from the race of Coelbhadh, who was at Eas-mac-Eirc,^^9 wished to build a house there, but before he had the roof put on, it was
broken down, and destroyed, by a young cleric, belonging to the family or church of Dornhnach-mor's" of Maighe-Tochair. '3i But, Aedh,^32 ^ ^q^ j-q ^j^g
chief, felt greatly for the indignity, with which the Apostle had been treated,
accosted him, and earnestly besought him, to accept a site for the founding ofachurch,notfarfromthespotabandoned. Therewasneitherabanknor a wall, between that field and the aforesaid Achadh-Droman. This gift, St. Patrick gratefully accepted. There he erected Domhnach-mor-Maighe-To- chair,'33 built on a beautifully picturesque site. It commands a fine view of the most extensive plain in Inishowen, the Lough of Strabreagy, the high ridges of Malin and Croagh, Culduff Bay, and far off in the distance, on a clear day, are seen some of the elevated peaks of Scottish mountains. Be- side the old church stands a stone cross, more than six feet in height, hewn out of a solid stone block. It is ornamented with numerous scrolls and shamrocks. On each side of it, there is a square pillar, and on three sides be- longingtoeachofthesepillars,thefigureofahumanheadisengraved. Be- sides the head, the figure of a heart, surmounting it, is on that pillar, nearest to the public road. This old monument is thought to be of the eighth century. ^34 There, too, he remained for forty days, and he left Mac Cairthin in charge of it. ^35 He was distinct, it is said, from the patron saint of Clogher ; yet, the Rev. Dr. Lanigan remarks, tliat there is but one Maccarthen, or Carthen, on Tirechan's list. Ussher'^s had a Life of Maccarthen, Bishop of Clogher, whichdoesnotmention,thathehadabrothersimilarlycalled. '37 Yet,ithas been stated, that the Mac Cairthin, already named, was brother to that prelate, as well as his namesake. Too lightly, however, does Dr. Lanigan assume, the good people of that church in Inishowen wished, as he sup- poses, to claim the honour of its having been governed by so celebrated a prelate, and that the compilers of the Tripartite Life, finding this could not accord with the circumstance of correct biography, strove to introduce here a
lent waterfall, coming over steep rocks, and falling with great force into an abyss. Col-
gan identifies, by conjecture, the present
cataract—for others are similarly named in
Ireland—with one descending from the Patrick's Day. Here is still preserved the steeps of Sliabh-snechta, or " snowy moun- saint's penitential bed, and many other tain," and which falls into a little river,
running by Domnach-mor muighe-tochuir,
and into the ocean estuary of Traigh-brege,
in Inishowen.
'30 Now the parish of Donagh, and it is in
the barony of Inishowen East. It is noted, County of Donegal," pp. lo8, 109, A. D.
"
on the
for the County of Donegal," Sheets 4, 10, II, 19, 20, 21, 30.
'3' This plain lay within the parish, which
was also called Townaghglyntachyr, and Donaghclantagh. These denominations are
now decompounded, and preserved in common use, partly in Donagh, the paro-
chial name, and partly in Glentogher, other- wise, Carrowmore, an extensive mountainous
Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
1802. 8vo.
tract therein. The old "OoihriAc 5tirine-cocAi]A.
in Irish, was
'37 See, "Acta Sanctorum also, Colgan's
Hibernia;," xxiv. Martii. De S. Macaer-
thenno, Epis. Clochorensi, pp. 738, 739, he is called the son of Fergus. The Latin where a fragment of St. Maccarthen's
Tripartite Life, however, makes him the ancient Life is introduced,
son of Coelbad. I^s Wliiig Colgan distinguishes two saints,
'3' According to the Irish Tripartite Life,
name,
'^s The place is probably not distinct from Domnachglenne Tochuir. "This is now a parish church in Inishowen, and remark- able for the great resort of pilgrims on St.
ancient monuments of that kind, fit objects for the devotion of the pilgrims. The church is near to Eas-mac-eirc, the—remarkable cataract of Sliabh Sneachta. " Dr. James M'Parian's "Statistical Survey of the
'34 " ggg^ Maghtochair's
Inishowen : its History, Traditions and Antiquities," chap.
iv. , pp. 23, 24.
'35 The celebrated Father John Colgan,
the Irish hagiographer, was a native of this parish, commonly called in his day, Dom- nach-glinne-tochuir. See " Trias Thauma- turga," n. 173, p. 181.
'36 ggg " Phmordia," cap. xvii. , p. 856.
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 641
second Maccarthen/38 as the well-known historic prelate,^39 thus named, was most probably too young to have been a bishop, at the period we are now engaged considering. '4° While St. Patrick was in that place, a certain bishop came to him, and this ecclesiastic belonged to the race of Corcu Theimne. He was attached to the little church of Toch,^4i supposed to be Cill Tog,'*^ of Ceara,''*3 or Carra district,^44 in the present county of Mayo. This district is now represented, by the modern barony of Cara. '^s Next, Patrick pro- ceeded from Domhnach-mor-Maighe-Tochair, until he came to the limits of the Bredach, which is a small river in Inishowen, and which falls into Lough Foyle,atMaghbile. '-*^ TherehemetthreeDeachans,^''? orDeacons,thesons of Patrick's sister, in the country of Ailell, son of Eoghan. He ordained Oengus, or yEnguss,^'*8 the son of Ailell, in that place. He celebrated or re- mained there on a Sunday, and, therefore, it is thought, that it got the name of Domhnach-Bile, now Moville. ^49
When Patrick was in the territory of Enda,'so at Ailech-Airtich,^si Enda came to him, " Make to me a grant of this place," said Patrick. " As if we had no clerics of our own," said Enda. On the morrow, Enda came, and brought his son, Echu Caech,'S2 qj. u Echu the blind," with him. Patrick
so called, and the sons of Carthenn ; he, monastery, at this place. See vol. ii. , also, remarks, that there are two distinct "Bishops of Ireland," chap, xxxviii. , p. festivals, referring to this name—one of 265, and "Monasticon Hibemicum," p.
these occurring on the 24th of March, and
the other on the 1 5th of August. He in-
clines to the opinion, that the patron of
Domnach-mor Muige-tochuir, whose proper
name does not seem to be known, was vene-
rated on the 24lh of March ; while, the
other, known as Aidus, and Bishop of Bearta, where there was an ancient chapel, Clogher, had his festival, on the 15th of near the castle, belonging to the noble August.
'39 St. Maccarthen, Bishop of Clogher, died about A. D. 506.
family of the O'Dogherties.
'*9 That this was not a proper name, but
" Ecclesiasti- cal History of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, vi. ,
sect, ii. , n. 14, p. 264.
rather the name of their Order, appears
'^° See Rev. Dr.
from the in the Latin
Lanigan's
adjunct, sive Diaconos. "
'''' It was in the of i is said to havebeen in region Temenrigi Eanna,
Ceru, and, as we are told, towards the setting of the sun.
'^ This church has not been identified.
Tirconneli, and between the two arms of the sea. Lough
Foyle and Lough Swilly. See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hibemise," xix. Feb- ruarii. De S. Baitheno Episcopo, n. 14, p. 370. Yet, this does not seem to have been the place alluded to, but rather Crich Enna Artech, " in Connacia," and to the north of
Cruachan Aigle, where Domnal was Bishoj^ of Aleach-mor. See " Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xviii. , xix. , p. 131.
'=' Here, as Colgan remarks, the author of the Tripartite Life inverts the order of
narrative, by relating the actions of the Maccarthenn already mentioned, which must have taken place, at a time, when, before or after this Inishowen visit, he had been in Connaught. The Irish Tripartite states,
'*3 A considerable amount of information, regarding this territory, will be found in John O'Donovan's "Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach," at pp. 15, 16, 149 to 159, 184, et seq. , 204, 205, 286, et seq. , and Addenda, passim.
'" See the " Book of Armagh," fol. 15, as quoted, in Petrie's "History of Tara
"
Hill," in
Academy," vol. xviii. , p. 47.
Transactions of the Royal Irish
'^s See Miss Cusack's "Life of St. Patrick," p. 419, n. 7.
'^* The town of Moville, is in the parish
of Lower Moville, in the barony of Inish-
owen East, and it is shown on the " Ord-
nance Survey Townland Maps for the Ailech Airtich was in Sonnacht.
County of Donegal," Sheets 21, 22.
'"^^ While, in Harris' Ware, St. Finian is made to be the founder of this church, in the sixth century ; more correctly has Archdall, left St. Patrick, as the founder—although he is not warranted, in making him erect a
'5- So is he called, in the Irish Tripartite.
"
103. The latter statement has been followed
in Dr. James M'Parlan's " Statistical Sur-
vey of the County of Donegal," pp. 116, 117, iiS.
'"•^ According to Colgan, he was vene- rated, on the 1 8th of February, at Druim
"
Tripartite, '5° The Cineal Eanna, or the race of
In the Latin version, he is named
cium, sive Eochanum, cognomento Luscum, qui quiescit in Inb/ier. " Colgan thinks, if he were numbeied among the saints, he may have been the Eochadius, suinamedUsneach
2S
EocJia-
642 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
had turned off to pray, and his people to baptize, to confer orders, and to propagate the Faith. The two Maccairthinns were there, at the time ; namely, he who was venerated at Clochar, now Clogher, in the county of
"
" thedegreeofbishopuponmyson,"saidEnda. "LetPatrickbeconsulted,"
Tyrone, and he who was at Domhnach-mor-Maighe-Tochair.
Confer ye
It is our duty," said the " I will confer the order. " To this course, moreover, Maccarthenn of
said Patrick's champion, Maccairthinn of Clochar.
other
Clogher agreed. When St. Patrick heard of their proceeding on returning, he
said,
;
" You have conferred the
episcopal order,
in absence, on the son of my
the Wolf there shall be strife in the church of the one Maccarthenn for ;
ever, and there shall be poverty in the church of the other. " This prediction
was fulfilled; for, afterwards, there was strife at Clochair; while there was
povertyatthechurchofDomhnach-mor-Maighe-Tochair. St. Patricklike-_
" Two persons shall profane the relics of that son, upon whom the degree was conferred, and that, too, after murder had been committed, by two robbers, who shall haunt the place. One hundred and twenty years must elapse, before a son of light^ss—born in southern parts—shall re-con- secratehischurch,anditshallberestoredtomeagain. " Thewholeofthis prophecy was fulfilled. The first place, where his relics were deposited, was ahighandbeautifulspot; but,theywerecarriedthence,afterashorttime,to a lower place. That first locality, where his relics were preserved, after some timewasdeserted; while,robbersandmurdererswereaccustomedtodwellin it, and this was attributed to St. Patrick's imprecation. And, accordingly, his church was ceded to Ciaran Mac-an-tsair,^54 but it was restored to Patrick again. AsPatrickwasinTir-EndaAirtech,atTalach-liag,'5sinLeiter,'56he struck wattles in the ground, with the intention of building a church there. But, these afterwards became a bush, or tree, from which leaves and branches sprouted. There happened to be three clerics there, in his company, of the same name, and he also made them equal in dignity, having consecrated them as bishops. The first of these was Domnaldus,^^? son to Crimthann, of
the Hill of Usuey, in Meath, where his in Connac's "Glossary," it is rendered, father had a property, and whose feast was leth tirim agtis leth flinch, or " half dry and celebrated, at the 1st of January. But, this 'half wet," p. 105. Edited by Whitley
wise said
:
conjecture is evidently destroyed, by the
statement, that his remains were at Inbher,
andtherearemanyplacessocalled, inIre-
land. This Echu, the son of Enda, was that there is a British saint of the latter afterwards known as Bishop Echan, ac-
cording to the Irish Tripartite Life.
'S3 Allusion is here made to St. Kieran,
patron of Clonmacnoise, whose feast is held
onthe9thofSeptember. Colganremarks,
that the present allusion has no reference to num.
"
Giraldus Cambrensis makes him
his birth, as this event took place, about A. D. 515; but, it rather means, that one
hundred and twenty years after the prophecy, the place in question, was to become the property of St. Kieran's successors.
jst Or "son of the artificer," a title by
which St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise was so
frequently designated.
'55 So is this place written, in the Irish
Tripartite Life ; it is Tulach-liag, in the Latin version.
'56 These localities have not been ascer-
tained. The word Leiter, which enters so
largely into the composition of Irish topo-
graphical names, is generally understood, in
Bishop, at the place, subsequently known as Bangor, in North Wales. See " Itinera-
"
lib. ii. , cap. 6. In an Irish Life of St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise, we are told, that a priest, named Daniel, and a Briton by race, presented Inis Aingin, to God, and to St. Kieran. Thence, Colgan infers, that Daniel wa—s in Ireland, about the time of St. Patrick but, indeed, this in-
ference is very questionable. Again, it is noticeable, that the church of Ailech mor belonged by some right, to the monks of St. Kieran. But,anobjectionmayberaised, that the first Domnaldus' father's name was Crimthann, a form which seems rather to have been used by the Irish, than by the
Connaught, to signify
"
a watery hill-side ;"
Stokes, LL. D.
'57 Colgan remarks, that the Irish proper
nameDomnallcorrespondswithDaniel,and name, who is alluded to, by John Bale, in
"
Scriptomm Illustrium Majoris Britannise," cent, i. , cap. lix. He lived A. D. 516, and his feast was held on the 1st of December,
according to the "
Martyrologium Anghca-
rium Cambriae,
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 643
Ailech-Airtich, regarding whom we have already spoken ; the second was Domnaldus,sontoColgne,ofTulach-Hag;^58 while,thethirdwasDomnal- dus, of Cuil-chonalta. ^59 As if relating a second trip, the Latin Tripartite Life declares, that at the north of Lough Foyle, St. Patrick crossed the strait fromInishowen,andthenproceededtowardsDun-Cruthen. ^'^'° Thesituation of this place has not been clearly determined. Colgan threw out a con- jecture,'^^ that Dun-cruthen was the same as the present Dunboe,'^^ in the district of Machare. '^3 However, it is probable, that Duncruthen was situated elsewhere. '^* If not in, it was not far from, a district, called Keu-
nacta,'^3 now the barony of Kenaght, in Londonderry. Here, he erected a church, placing over it a bishop, called Beatus, and by his merits well
deservingthisname. '^^ TheTripartiteLatinLiferepresentshim,asthein- timatefriendofaholyman,namedEugenius. '^7 intheterritoryofKen- nacta, he remained for seven Sundays, and he laid the foundations of seven churches, consecrated to the Lord. '^^ One of these was Domnach-Airthir- Arda,^^9 now bearing the local designation of Tamlaght. '7o Another church was called Domnach-Bregh-Muige,'? ' and adjoining it was the miraculous well,knownasTiopra-Phadruic,or"Patrick'sWell. " Whilehewasinthis part of the country, a noble, named Sedna,^? ^ came to Patrick, and listened most attentively to his instructions. At this time, Setna's wife bore in her womb one, who was afterwards destined to become a child of light. The noble, his wife, and whole family, embraced the faith. When the son was
Britons. The same objection may be taken
probably to the second-named, and whose father is called Colgne. However, it lies
'^s In early times, this territory belonged to the O'Conors of Gleann Geimhan, of the race of Cian-, son to Oilioll Olum, King of
not against the third Domnaldus, whose IMunster, in the third century, A short
father's name is not given. Our Irish Mar- t)rrologists note the feast of a St. Domnall,
at the 26th of April. Nothing can be pro- nounced, with certainty, regarding these
time, before the English invasion, they were dispossessed by the O'Cathains or O'Kanes, of the race of Eoghan. See "The Topo-
graphical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and holy bishops, named in the text. See Giolla na Naomh O'Huidhrin," edited by
"
Trias Thaumaturga," n. 55, p. 175.
'5^ In ancient Ceara, there were three
Dr. O'Donovan, p. xvi. , n. 69.
"^ Among several persons, bearing the
name of Beoadh or Beoan, Colgan has endeavoured to discover who this Beatus
townlands, named Tulach ; and, probably,
one of these is here meant. One was called,
Tulach or " Hill. " This was. he could not come to Spelain, Spellan's Yet,
is now known as Cnoc Spealain, which rises decision.
any
to a considerable height, between the village
of Balla and Slieve Cama, in the barony of
'''7 Very probably, this was intended for Eugenius, Bishop of Ardstrath, or Ardstraw,
CaiTa, county of Mayo. See John O'Dono- who lived in Tyrone, about the sixth cen-
van's "Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of
Hy-Fiachrach," pp. 156, 157, and 196, 197, with n. (i. )
'59 This place has not been identified.
'^°It signifies "the fort of the Cruith- neans," who, in the time of St. Patrick, had settlements in northern Ulster.
'*' He has been followed by Archdall. See "Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 91.
'*=
It is now a parish, in the diocese of Derry, and situated near the ocean. It is in
tury, and whose feast occurs, on the 23rd of August. If so, Beatus was not a contem- porary, with St. Patrick.
'^^ The Latin Tripartite then adds here,
"quas proinde Dominicas appellavit. "
"''9 Now Tamlacht-Ard, or Magilligan, so called, because it was within the bounds of
Airthir-Arda, or "the Eastern Heights," which rise in the extreme north-western
parts of Londonderry County.
'7° This townland, in Magilligan Parish,
the barony of Coleraine, and may be seen, barony of Keenaght, is shown, on the
described on the " Ordnance Survey Town-
land Maps for the County of Londonderry,"
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the "
CountyofLondonderry, Sheets5,6.
'7' Colgan only informs us, that this place was in the territory of Kiennact. See
Sheets 2, 3, 6, 7.
— "
'*3 Many places, bearing this name
or "a
'** See Rev. Mr. Sampson's excellent
"Trias " Index Thaumaturga,
"a
are found in different parts of Ireland.
r—tlACAi^e meaning
field,"
plain
Topographi-
" Londonderry," p. 487.
cus, p. 708.
'7== He is said to have been son to Trena,
and grandson to Tigemach.
'" This saint, whose feast is held on the
work,
Statistical Survey of the County of
644 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
born, he was delivered to St. Patrick for baptism. He also obtained the
holy Apostle's blessing, and he was adopted as a spiritual son, to be in- structed in piety and sacred learning. Afterwards, he was known as Kiena- nus,'73 Bishop of Darnliag, or Duleek. ^74 While there, St. Patrick foretold the future birth and holiness of St. Cannech,'75 and he was announced to that people, as the common patron of their region of Kiennacht.
During his progress, while founding many churches, St. Patrick came to the bounds of Lei, or Lea,^76 which was on the western^? ? banks of the Bann,^? '' where the fishermen were only able then to take fish, during the night-time. The potent servant of God ordered them, however, to set down their nets, in the daytime, Avhen they captured a great number of fish. Thenceforward, by day and night, the fisheries of the Bann were found to be ever productive, and the fishermen thankfully preserved their steady sources of gain. ^79
CHAPTER XV.
ST. PATRICK VISITS THE TERRITORIES OF DALRIADA AND OF DALERADIA—HE PREACHES IN DALRIEDA—HE FOUNDS CHURCHES THERE AND IN DALARADIA—HIS MISSION NEAR LOUGH NEAGH, AT HY TUIRTRE, AND AT IMCHLAIR.
The territories of Dal-Riada,^ in the northern part of Ulster, and of Dal- Araidhe,^ in the eastern portion, were the next districts visited, by our inde-
fatigable Apostle.
These were two chief divisions of ancient Ulster. The
24th of November, was the eleventh hi descent from OiUU Olum.
'74 It is curious, that the territory in
Meath, where Duleek is situated, was also
"
calledKienachta. See ActsofArchbishop
Cotton in his Metropolitan Visitation of
the Diocese of Derry, a. d. mcccxcvii. " Tertia Vita S. Patricii, cap. Ivii. , p. Edited by Rev. Dr. William Reeves. Ad- 25, and n. 51, p. 32 ; Quarta Vita S.
ditional Notes, F, n. (e), p. 124.
'75 His feast occurs, on the lith of
October.
'7^ The Latin Tripartite Life states " venit
in Leasorum fines. " In the "Leabhar na
g-Ceart, or Book of Rights," the people of tima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. cviii. ,
this district are called "Fir Li of the Lake,"
''
Fir Li of the Bann. " According to the " Book of Lecan," their district extended from Bir to Camus ; and the O'Clerys' Irish Calendar, at the 9th of January, places Aghadowey, in Magh Li. See Dr. O'Donovan's n, (m), p. 123, and
pp. 134, 135.
'77 In the time of St. these Patrick, people
of Lei, or Li, were living on the west side
of the Bann ;
cix.
*" Colgan errs, when placing this territory
inKiennacht. SeeIndexTopographiaa,to
"
The townland of Elaghbeg, in the parish of Burt, and barony of Inishowen West, is shown, on the " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Donegal,"
Londonderry," Sheets 13, 14.
"' Tliis name is said to be partly pre-
Trias Thaumaturga," p. 715.
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 639
churches,"3 during seven weeks he spent about the River Fochaine, or Foch- muine, now the Faughan,"* a stream which flows, in a north-westerly
direction, into Lough Foyle. These churches are called respectively, in the Irish Tripartite Life, Domhnach-Dola,"5 or Domhnach Dula,"^ Domhnach- Simlis,"7 Domhnach-Dara,"^ Domhnach-Senchua,"9 Domhnach-Minch- luane,'2° Domhnach-Catte,'" and Both-Domhnaigh. '" Within the present counties of Derry and Tyrone, these churches seem to have been erected ; and, it is probable, if some of their denominations have become obsolete, others may yet survive, in corruptions of topography, or in popular tr3,ditions.
Then Patrick proceeded into Tir-Eoghain of the Islands, according to the IrishTripartite; but,itdoesnotappeartohavebeenaplace,distinctfrom
Inis-Eoghain. "3 AportionofthisterritorywasthengovernedbyFergus, who was the son of Eoghan. "* The holy Apostle there began to build a Disert,"S or to measure out church foundations, at a certain place, called Achadh-Driman,"^ or Achadh-Droman. "7 However, Coelbad, son of Fer- guss,"^ or of Eoghan, violently drove him thence ; and, St. Patrick said, in consequence thereof, at that place, his race should never have a goodly house
"3 Colgan could not find any account of
them, however, one only excepted, and, that obscure enough, called Badoney. Archdall might have passed this over, as a monastic erection, without swelling his " Monasticon Hibemicon " with it. Had such churches been really erected by St. Patrick, they would, in Dr. Lanigan's opinion, have been well known, and have been held in high estimation. See Rev. Dr.
Bodoney—both in the barony of Upper Strabane. The former is described, on the
"
Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Tyrone," Sheets 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19. The latter is shown, on Sheets 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, ibid. The old church and cemetery of Bo- doney are situated, near the Glenelly River, in Glenrone townland, Upper Bodoney parish. In 932, Muireacan of this place was abbot or corbe of
as the King of Ireland.
"^ According to the Latin Tripartite.
"* So states the Latin Tripartite Life.
"^ There is a parish, known as Desert-
egny, in the barony of Inishowen West, and
it is marked, on the "Ordnance Survey
Tovraland Maps for the County of Donegal,"
Sheets 9, 10, 18, 19, 28, 29. It is question- able, however, if this be the place here
" Ecclesiastical
land," vol. i. , chap, vi. , sect, ii. , n. 13, p.
264.
"* It rises near the boundaries of Derry
and Tyrone Counties, among the Sperrin Mountains.
"5 This is omitted from the enumeration, as found in the Latin Tripartite Life. The site of this church has not been ascertained. Probably, it was near the Moyola.
"^ Among St. Patrick's domestics was
Lanigan's
History
of Ire-
Armagh. During that year, he crowned Aodh, son of Donnell,
" Satutus Beschna— proesbyter
de Domnach-
"
The name " Disert " is
merely
dala, Sacelianus. " Colgan's
maturga," Vita Tripartita S. Patricii, lib. iii. , cap. xcviii. , p. 167.
"' The Latin Tripartite Life writes it, Domnach- Seinlis.
"' The Latin Tripartite Life has it, Dom- nach-Daire.
"9 In the Latin Tripartite, Domnach- Senchua.
"°
the It
Trias Thau-
designated.
an Irish form of Latin Desertum.
In the Latin Tripartite, Domnach-
Mionchluana. This is the old church of and, perhaps, the place here mentioned.
Clooney, in the parish of Clondermot, near Derry, mentioned in Rev. William Reeves'
"
Acts of Archbishop Colton in his Metro- politan Visitation of the Diocese of Derry, A. D. Mcccxcvii. ," pp. 31, 32.
"' The Latin Tripartite has it, Domnach- Catha.
"' The Latin Tripartite writes it, Boith- Domnaich. This is now Bodoney, in the north of Tyrone County, and in the diocese of Derry. There are two parishes, bearing this name—viz. , Upper Bodoney and Lower
See Rev. William Reeves' "Acts of Arch- bishop Colton in his Metropolitan Visitation of the Diocese of DeiTy, A. D. mcccxcvii. ," Additional Notes F. , nn. (k, 1), pp. 120, 121.
"7 So is it written, in the Latin Tripartite Life.
"^ Such is the relationship, as given, in the Latin Tripartite Life ; but, in the Irish version, Coedbad is called the son of
Eoghan.
'=? The Irish word, Eai, denotes a turbu*
primarily signified "a sequestered place,"
and it was afterwards applied to the church,
erected in such a spot j hence, it came to **
a hermitage. " As a prefix to the
signify
names of churches, it was exceedingly common.
"'^ So is it named, in the Irish Tripartite. There is a townland, called Magheradrum- man, in the parish of Donagh, in Inishowen,
640 Livns OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
to live in. The event proved the truth of this prediction ; for, Comman, son
of Algasach, sprung from the race of Coelbhadh, who was at Eas-mac-Eirc,^^9 wished to build a house there, but before he had the roof put on, it was
broken down, and destroyed, by a young cleric, belonging to the family or church of Dornhnach-mor's" of Maighe-Tochair. '3i But, Aedh,^32 ^ ^q^ j-q ^j^g
chief, felt greatly for the indignity, with which the Apostle had been treated,
accosted him, and earnestly besought him, to accept a site for the founding ofachurch,notfarfromthespotabandoned. Therewasneitherabanknor a wall, between that field and the aforesaid Achadh-Droman. This gift, St. Patrick gratefully accepted. There he erected Domhnach-mor-Maighe-To- chair,'33 built on a beautifully picturesque site. It commands a fine view of the most extensive plain in Inishowen, the Lough of Strabreagy, the high ridges of Malin and Croagh, Culduff Bay, and far off in the distance, on a clear day, are seen some of the elevated peaks of Scottish mountains. Be- side the old church stands a stone cross, more than six feet in height, hewn out of a solid stone block. It is ornamented with numerous scrolls and shamrocks. On each side of it, there is a square pillar, and on three sides be- longingtoeachofthesepillars,thefigureofahumanheadisengraved. Be- sides the head, the figure of a heart, surmounting it, is on that pillar, nearest to the public road. This old monument is thought to be of the eighth century. ^34 There, too, he remained for forty days, and he left Mac Cairthin in charge of it. ^35 He was distinct, it is said, from the patron saint of Clogher ; yet, the Rev. Dr. Lanigan remarks, tliat there is but one Maccarthen, or Carthen, on Tirechan's list. Ussher'^s had a Life of Maccarthen, Bishop of Clogher, whichdoesnotmention,thathehadabrothersimilarlycalled. '37 Yet,ithas been stated, that the Mac Cairthin, already named, was brother to that prelate, as well as his namesake. Too lightly, however, does Dr. Lanigan assume, the good people of that church in Inishowen wished, as he sup- poses, to claim the honour of its having been governed by so celebrated a prelate, and that the compilers of the Tripartite Life, finding this could not accord with the circumstance of correct biography, strove to introduce here a
lent waterfall, coming over steep rocks, and falling with great force into an abyss. Col-
gan identifies, by conjecture, the present
cataract—for others are similarly named in
Ireland—with one descending from the Patrick's Day. Here is still preserved the steeps of Sliabh-snechta, or " snowy moun- saint's penitential bed, and many other tain," and which falls into a little river,
running by Domnach-mor muighe-tochuir,
and into the ocean estuary of Traigh-brege,
in Inishowen.
'30 Now the parish of Donagh, and it is in
the barony of Inishowen East. It is noted, County of Donegal," pp. lo8, 109, A. D.
"
on the
for the County of Donegal," Sheets 4, 10, II, 19, 20, 21, 30.
'3' This plain lay within the parish, which
was also called Townaghglyntachyr, and Donaghclantagh. These denominations are
now decompounded, and preserved in common use, partly in Donagh, the paro-
chial name, and partly in Glentogher, other- wise, Carrowmore, an extensive mountainous
Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
1802. 8vo.
tract therein. The old "OoihriAc 5tirine-cocAi]A.
in Irish, was
'37 See, "Acta Sanctorum also, Colgan's
Hibernia;," xxiv. Martii. De S. Macaer-
thenno, Epis. Clochorensi, pp. 738, 739, he is called the son of Fergus. The Latin where a fragment of St. Maccarthen's
Tripartite Life, however, makes him the ancient Life is introduced,
son of Coelbad. I^s Wliiig Colgan distinguishes two saints,
'3' According to the Irish Tripartite Life,
name,
'^s The place is probably not distinct from Domnachglenne Tochuir. "This is now a parish church in Inishowen, and remark- able for the great resort of pilgrims on St.
ancient monuments of that kind, fit objects for the devotion of the pilgrims. The church is near to Eas-mac-eirc, the—remarkable cataract of Sliabh Sneachta. " Dr. James M'Parian's "Statistical Survey of the
'34 " ggg^ Maghtochair's
Inishowen : its History, Traditions and Antiquities," chap.
iv. , pp. 23, 24.
'35 The celebrated Father John Colgan,
the Irish hagiographer, was a native of this parish, commonly called in his day, Dom- nach-glinne-tochuir. See " Trias Thauma- turga," n. 173, p. 181.
'36 ggg " Phmordia," cap. xvii. , p. 856.
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 641
second Maccarthen/38 as the well-known historic prelate,^39 thus named, was most probably too young to have been a bishop, at the period we are now engaged considering. '4° While St. Patrick was in that place, a certain bishop came to him, and this ecclesiastic belonged to the race of Corcu Theimne. He was attached to the little church of Toch,^4i supposed to be Cill Tog,'*^ of Ceara,''*3 or Carra district,^44 in the present county of Mayo. This district is now represented, by the modern barony of Cara. '^s Next, Patrick pro- ceeded from Domhnach-mor-Maighe-Tochair, until he came to the limits of the Bredach, which is a small river in Inishowen, and which falls into Lough Foyle,atMaghbile. '-*^ TherehemetthreeDeachans,^''? orDeacons,thesons of Patrick's sister, in the country of Ailell, son of Eoghan. He ordained Oengus, or yEnguss,^'*8 the son of Ailell, in that place. He celebrated or re- mained there on a Sunday, and, therefore, it is thought, that it got the name of Domhnach-Bile, now Moville. ^49
When Patrick was in the territory of Enda,'so at Ailech-Airtich,^si Enda came to him, " Make to me a grant of this place," said Patrick. " As if we had no clerics of our own," said Enda. On the morrow, Enda came, and brought his son, Echu Caech,'S2 qj. u Echu the blind," with him. Patrick
so called, and the sons of Carthenn ; he, monastery, at this place. See vol. ii. , also, remarks, that there are two distinct "Bishops of Ireland," chap, xxxviii. , p. festivals, referring to this name—one of 265, and "Monasticon Hibemicum," p.
these occurring on the 24th of March, and
the other on the 1 5th of August. He in-
clines to the opinion, that the patron of
Domnach-mor Muige-tochuir, whose proper
name does not seem to be known, was vene-
rated on the 24lh of March ; while, the
other, known as Aidus, and Bishop of Bearta, where there was an ancient chapel, Clogher, had his festival, on the 15th of near the castle, belonging to the noble August.
'39 St. Maccarthen, Bishop of Clogher, died about A. D. 506.
family of the O'Dogherties.
'*9 That this was not a proper name, but
" Ecclesiasti- cal History of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, vi. ,
sect, ii. , n. 14, p. 264.
rather the name of their Order, appears
'^° See Rev. Dr.
from the in the Latin
Lanigan's
adjunct, sive Diaconos. "
'''' It was in the of i is said to havebeen in region Temenrigi Eanna,
Ceru, and, as we are told, towards the setting of the sun.
'^ This church has not been identified.
Tirconneli, and between the two arms of the sea. Lough
Foyle and Lough Swilly. See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hibemise," xix. Feb- ruarii. De S. Baitheno Episcopo, n. 14, p. 370. Yet, this does not seem to have been the place alluded to, but rather Crich Enna Artech, " in Connacia," and to the north of
Cruachan Aigle, where Domnal was Bishoj^ of Aleach-mor. See " Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xviii. , xix. , p. 131.
'=' Here, as Colgan remarks, the author of the Tripartite Life inverts the order of
narrative, by relating the actions of the Maccarthenn already mentioned, which must have taken place, at a time, when, before or after this Inishowen visit, he had been in Connaught. The Irish Tripartite states,
'*3 A considerable amount of information, regarding this territory, will be found in John O'Donovan's "Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach," at pp. 15, 16, 149 to 159, 184, et seq. , 204, 205, 286, et seq. , and Addenda, passim.
'" See the " Book of Armagh," fol. 15, as quoted, in Petrie's "History of Tara
"
Hill," in
Academy," vol. xviii. , p. 47.
Transactions of the Royal Irish
'^s See Miss Cusack's "Life of St. Patrick," p. 419, n. 7.
'^* The town of Moville, is in the parish
of Lower Moville, in the barony of Inish-
owen East, and it is shown on the " Ord-
nance Survey Townland Maps for the Ailech Airtich was in Sonnacht.
County of Donegal," Sheets 21, 22.
'"^^ While, in Harris' Ware, St. Finian is made to be the founder of this church, in the sixth century ; more correctly has Archdall, left St. Patrick, as the founder—although he is not warranted, in making him erect a
'5- So is he called, in the Irish Tripartite.
"
103. The latter statement has been followed
in Dr. James M'Parlan's " Statistical Sur-
vey of the County of Donegal," pp. 116, 117, iiS.
'"•^ According to Colgan, he was vene- rated, on the 1 8th of February, at Druim
"
Tripartite, '5° The Cineal Eanna, or the race of
In the Latin version, he is named
cium, sive Eochanum, cognomento Luscum, qui quiescit in Inb/ier. " Colgan thinks, if he were numbeied among the saints, he may have been the Eochadius, suinamedUsneach
2S
EocJia-
642 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
had turned off to pray, and his people to baptize, to confer orders, and to propagate the Faith. The two Maccairthinns were there, at the time ; namely, he who was venerated at Clochar, now Clogher, in the county of
"
" thedegreeofbishopuponmyson,"saidEnda. "LetPatrickbeconsulted,"
Tyrone, and he who was at Domhnach-mor-Maighe-Tochair.
Confer ye
It is our duty," said the " I will confer the order. " To this course, moreover, Maccarthenn of
said Patrick's champion, Maccairthinn of Clochar.
other
Clogher agreed. When St. Patrick heard of their proceeding on returning, he
said,
;
" You have conferred the
episcopal order,
in absence, on the son of my
the Wolf there shall be strife in the church of the one Maccarthenn for ;
ever, and there shall be poverty in the church of the other. " This prediction
was fulfilled; for, afterwards, there was strife at Clochair; while there was
povertyatthechurchofDomhnach-mor-Maighe-Tochair. St. Patricklike-_
" Two persons shall profane the relics of that son, upon whom the degree was conferred, and that, too, after murder had been committed, by two robbers, who shall haunt the place. One hundred and twenty years must elapse, before a son of light^ss—born in southern parts—shall re-con- secratehischurch,anditshallberestoredtomeagain. " Thewholeofthis prophecy was fulfilled. The first place, where his relics were deposited, was ahighandbeautifulspot; but,theywerecarriedthence,afterashorttime,to a lower place. That first locality, where his relics were preserved, after some timewasdeserted; while,robbersandmurdererswereaccustomedtodwellin it, and this was attributed to St. Patrick's imprecation. And, accordingly, his church was ceded to Ciaran Mac-an-tsair,^54 but it was restored to Patrick again. AsPatrickwasinTir-EndaAirtech,atTalach-liag,'5sinLeiter,'56he struck wattles in the ground, with the intention of building a church there. But, these afterwards became a bush, or tree, from which leaves and branches sprouted. There happened to be three clerics there, in his company, of the same name, and he also made them equal in dignity, having consecrated them as bishops. The first of these was Domnaldus,^^? son to Crimthann, of
the Hill of Usuey, in Meath, where his in Connac's "Glossary," it is rendered, father had a property, and whose feast was leth tirim agtis leth flinch, or " half dry and celebrated, at the 1st of January. But, this 'half wet," p. 105. Edited by Whitley
wise said
:
conjecture is evidently destroyed, by the
statement, that his remains were at Inbher,
andtherearemanyplacessocalled, inIre-
land. This Echu, the son of Enda, was that there is a British saint of the latter afterwards known as Bishop Echan, ac-
cording to the Irish Tripartite Life.
'S3 Allusion is here made to St. Kieran,
patron of Clonmacnoise, whose feast is held
onthe9thofSeptember. Colganremarks,
that the present allusion has no reference to num.
"
Giraldus Cambrensis makes him
his birth, as this event took place, about A. D. 515; but, it rather means, that one
hundred and twenty years after the prophecy, the place in question, was to become the property of St. Kieran's successors.
jst Or "son of the artificer," a title by
which St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise was so
frequently designated.
'55 So is this place written, in the Irish
Tripartite Life ; it is Tulach-liag, in the Latin version.
'56 These localities have not been ascer-
tained. The word Leiter, which enters so
largely into the composition of Irish topo-
graphical names, is generally understood, in
Bishop, at the place, subsequently known as Bangor, in North Wales. See " Itinera-
"
lib. ii. , cap. 6. In an Irish Life of St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise, we are told, that a priest, named Daniel, and a Briton by race, presented Inis Aingin, to God, and to St. Kieran. Thence, Colgan infers, that Daniel wa—s in Ireland, about the time of St. Patrick but, indeed, this in-
ference is very questionable. Again, it is noticeable, that the church of Ailech mor belonged by some right, to the monks of St. Kieran. But,anobjectionmayberaised, that the first Domnaldus' father's name was Crimthann, a form which seems rather to have been used by the Irish, than by the
Connaught, to signify
"
a watery hill-side ;"
Stokes, LL. D.
'57 Colgan remarks, that the Irish proper
nameDomnallcorrespondswithDaniel,and name, who is alluded to, by John Bale, in
"
Scriptomm Illustrium Majoris Britannise," cent, i. , cap. lix. He lived A. D. 516, and his feast was held on the 1st of December,
according to the "
Martyrologium Anghca-
rium Cambriae,
March 17. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 643
Ailech-Airtich, regarding whom we have already spoken ; the second was Domnaldus,sontoColgne,ofTulach-Hag;^58 while,thethirdwasDomnal- dus, of Cuil-chonalta. ^59 As if relating a second trip, the Latin Tripartite Life declares, that at the north of Lough Foyle, St. Patrick crossed the strait fromInishowen,andthenproceededtowardsDun-Cruthen. ^'^'° Thesituation of this place has not been clearly determined. Colgan threw out a con- jecture,'^^ that Dun-cruthen was the same as the present Dunboe,'^^ in the district of Machare. '^3 However, it is probable, that Duncruthen was situated elsewhere. '^* If not in, it was not far from, a district, called Keu-
nacta,'^3 now the barony of Kenaght, in Londonderry. Here, he erected a church, placing over it a bishop, called Beatus, and by his merits well
deservingthisname. '^^ TheTripartiteLatinLiferepresentshim,asthein- timatefriendofaholyman,namedEugenius. '^7 intheterritoryofKen- nacta, he remained for seven Sundays, and he laid the foundations of seven churches, consecrated to the Lord. '^^ One of these was Domnach-Airthir- Arda,^^9 now bearing the local designation of Tamlaght. '7o Another church was called Domnach-Bregh-Muige,'? ' and adjoining it was the miraculous well,knownasTiopra-Phadruic,or"Patrick'sWell. " Whilehewasinthis part of the country, a noble, named Sedna,^? ^ came to Patrick, and listened most attentively to his instructions. At this time, Setna's wife bore in her womb one, who was afterwards destined to become a child of light. The noble, his wife, and whole family, embraced the faith. When the son was
Britons. The same objection may be taken
probably to the second-named, and whose father is called Colgne. However, it lies
'^s In early times, this territory belonged to the O'Conors of Gleann Geimhan, of the race of Cian-, son to Oilioll Olum, King of
not against the third Domnaldus, whose IMunster, in the third century, A short
father's name is not given. Our Irish Mar- t)rrologists note the feast of a St. Domnall,
at the 26th of April. Nothing can be pro- nounced, with certainty, regarding these
time, before the English invasion, they were dispossessed by the O'Cathains or O'Kanes, of the race of Eoghan. See "The Topo-
graphical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and holy bishops, named in the text. See Giolla na Naomh O'Huidhrin," edited by
"
Trias Thaumaturga," n. 55, p. 175.
'5^ In ancient Ceara, there were three
Dr. O'Donovan, p. xvi. , n. 69.
"^ Among several persons, bearing the
name of Beoadh or Beoan, Colgan has endeavoured to discover who this Beatus
townlands, named Tulach ; and, probably,
one of these is here meant. One was called,
Tulach or " Hill. " This was. he could not come to Spelain, Spellan's Yet,
is now known as Cnoc Spealain, which rises decision.
any
to a considerable height, between the village
of Balla and Slieve Cama, in the barony of
'''7 Very probably, this was intended for Eugenius, Bishop of Ardstrath, or Ardstraw,
CaiTa, county of Mayo. See John O'Dono- who lived in Tyrone, about the sixth cen-
van's "Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of
Hy-Fiachrach," pp. 156, 157, and 196, 197, with n. (i. )
'59 This place has not been identified.
'^°It signifies "the fort of the Cruith- neans," who, in the time of St. Patrick, had settlements in northern Ulster.
'*' He has been followed by Archdall. See "Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 91.
'*=
It is now a parish, in the diocese of Derry, and situated near the ocean. It is in
tury, and whose feast occurs, on the 23rd of August. If so, Beatus was not a contem- porary, with St. Patrick.
'^^ The Latin Tripartite then adds here,
"quas proinde Dominicas appellavit. "
"''9 Now Tamlacht-Ard, or Magilligan, so called, because it was within the bounds of
Airthir-Arda, or "the Eastern Heights," which rise in the extreme north-western
parts of Londonderry County.
'7° This townland, in Magilligan Parish,
the barony of Coleraine, and may be seen, barony of Keenaght, is shown, on the
described on the " Ordnance Survey Town-
land Maps for the County of Londonderry,"
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the "
CountyofLondonderry, Sheets5,6.
'7' Colgan only informs us, that this place was in the territory of Kiennact. See
Sheets 2, 3, 6, 7.
— "
'*3 Many places, bearing this name
or "a
'** See Rev. Mr. Sampson's excellent
"Trias " Index Thaumaturga,
"a
are found in different parts of Ireland.
r—tlACAi^e meaning
field,"
plain
Topographi-
" Londonderry," p. 487.
cus, p. 708.
'7== He is said to have been son to Trena,
and grandson to Tigemach.
'" This saint, whose feast is held on the
work,
Statistical Survey of the County of
644 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 17.
born, he was delivered to St. Patrick for baptism. He also obtained the
holy Apostle's blessing, and he was adopted as a spiritual son, to be in- structed in piety and sacred learning. Afterwards, he was known as Kiena- nus,'73 Bishop of Darnliag, or Duleek. ^74 While there, St. Patrick foretold the future birth and holiness of St. Cannech,'75 and he was announced to that people, as the common patron of their region of Kiennacht.
During his progress, while founding many churches, St. Patrick came to the bounds of Lei, or Lea,^76 which was on the western^? ? banks of the Bann,^? '' where the fishermen were only able then to take fish, during the night-time. The potent servant of God ordered them, however, to set down their nets, in the daytime, Avhen they captured a great number of fish. Thenceforward, by day and night, the fisheries of the Bann were found to be ever productive, and the fishermen thankfully preserved their steady sources of gain. ^79
CHAPTER XV.
ST. PATRICK VISITS THE TERRITORIES OF DALRIADA AND OF DALERADIA—HE PREACHES IN DALRIEDA—HE FOUNDS CHURCHES THERE AND IN DALARADIA—HIS MISSION NEAR LOUGH NEAGH, AT HY TUIRTRE, AND AT IMCHLAIR.
The territories of Dal-Riada,^ in the northern part of Ulster, and of Dal- Araidhe,^ in the eastern portion, were the next districts visited, by our inde-
fatigable Apostle.
These were two chief divisions of ancient Ulster. The
24th of November, was the eleventh hi descent from OiUU Olum.
'74 It is curious, that the territory in
Meath, where Duleek is situated, was also
"
calledKienachta. See ActsofArchbishop
Cotton in his Metropolitan Visitation of
the Diocese of Derry, a. d. mcccxcvii. " Tertia Vita S. Patricii, cap. Ivii. , p. Edited by Rev. Dr. William Reeves. Ad- 25, and n. 51, p. 32 ; Quarta Vita S.
ditional Notes, F, n. (e), p. 124.
'75 His feast occurs, on the lith of
October.
'7^ The Latin Tripartite Life states " venit
in Leasorum fines. " In the "Leabhar na
g-Ceart, or Book of Rights," the people of tima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. cviii. ,
this district are called "Fir Li of the Lake,"
''
Fir Li of the Bann. " According to the " Book of Lecan," their district extended from Bir to Camus ; and the O'Clerys' Irish Calendar, at the 9th of January, places Aghadowey, in Magh Li. See Dr. O'Donovan's n, (m), p. 123, and
pp. 134, 135.
'77 In the time of St. these Patrick, people
of Lei, or Li, were living on the west side
of the Bann ;
cix.
