9 Now, it would seem, that Richinne has the
signification
regia Cimief° wherefore, Colgan argues, it is possible, the doubtful word may be properly resolved into Richinne or Richella.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v5
St.
Saran.
In a Manuscript Florarium is the simple entry of Sarai, as the Bollandists ^ state, at the i8th of May; and Saran, Confessor, in Hibernia, is noticed by Greven, Canisius, Fitzsimon and Ferrarius.
However, when treating about the saints resting at Trim, Colgan ^ enumerates various Sarans, who were venerated on eleven different days ; but, he has no record of one so called for this date.
Thomas Dempster, at the
i8thof May, enters 3 the feast of Saran, Bishop, quoting the authority of Peter Canisius. '^
Article IX. Feast of St. Mommolin, Bishop of Novon and TouRNAY, France. \_Seventh Cenfwy. '] In the Benedictine Kalendar, the Bollandists' observe, at the iSthof May, that St. Mommolin, at first Abbot of St. Bertin, and afterwards Bishop of Noyon and Tournay, is venerated. However, they refer his chief feast to the i6th of October.
Article X. Translation of the Relics of St. Malachy O'Morgair, to Avignon. The Cistercian Kalendar, printed at Dijon, has a notice, regarding the Translation of St. Malachy O'Morgair's Relics, at the i8th of May. The BoUandists,' who introduce it, refer to his Natalis, at the 3rd of November. ^
Article XI. St. Miodhguss, Son of Erc, of Tigh-Taillten, or Teltown Church, County of Meath. We meet with an entry, at the 1 8th of May, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,^ regarding Midgus mac Eire, of Cill Taillten. ^ This place is now known as Teltown, near the River Boyne, and nearly midway between Kells and Navan, in the county of
Meath. Itwasanotedplace,eveninearlypagantimes. 3 Atthei8thof May, the Bollandists have the entry Midgassius, filius Erci de Killtailtin. The name of Miodhguss, son to Erc, of Tigh Taillten, occurs in the Martyr- ology of Donegal,5 as having veneration paid him, at this date.
^ See ibid. , pp. 526, 527.
^ See ibid. , vol. ii. , pp. 606. 607.
* This is thought to have been at Lis-
more, county of Waterford. See ibid. , pp. 1002,1003,andn. (c),ibid.
9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 132, 133-
" See "Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Ap- pendix ad Acta S. Columbse, cap. iii. , sect. V. , p. 501. See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 404, 405. —
3 Xn his " Menologium Scotorum. "
* Thus : "Ad Mulum Galvviae Sarani Episcopi. Pet. Canis. B. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 200.
ing volume. —
Article viii. ' See "Acta Sancto- Article xi. ' Edited by Rev. Dr.
rum," tomus iv. , Maii xviii. Among the Kelly, p. xxiv.
pretermitted saints, p. 135.
^ See " Acta Sanctorum Hiliernise," Feb-
ruarii xvii. De aliis diversis Sanctis Ath- rumige quiescentibus, p. 367.
^ In the Franciscan copy, we read, inm- juf rriAC ei|\c C1II1 CAlcen.
^ See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (u), p. 22.
ARTICLEIX. —' See"ActaSanctorum," tomus iv. . Mail xviii. Among the preter- mitted saints, p. 136.
—'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xviii. Among the preter-
Article x.
mitted saints, p. 136.
^ See his Life, at that date, in a succeed-
Ari ICLE Xll. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv. The Franciscan copy has p]\-oAclnMch.
' Thus found Gp]- ColniAin.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 132, 133.
• See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv„ Maii xviii. Among the pretermitted saintSt p. 135.
Article xiv. —' Edited by Drs. Todd
" See " Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Ap- pendixadActaS. Columba',cap. iii. , sect. v. , p. 502.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xviii. Among the pretermitted saints. p. 135.
and Reeves, pp. 132, 133.
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5oS LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 19.
Article XII. St. Feradacius, or St. Ferdachrichus. A St. Feradachrichus, \vas]venerated on this day. This name is solely inserted, in the IMartyrology of Tallagh,^ at the i8th of May. It is not known, whether he can be identical with St. Feradacius, Abbot of lona, some notices of whom willbefound,atthe31stofthismonth. Itislikely,however,thatthepre- sent Ferdacrioch was a different person from him just mentioned; although, we have no clue left, to trace his period or locality. Colgan thinks,^ he was the same Fredach, who died a,d. 577. There was a Ferdachricus, son of Subnei, son to Ronan, who was Abbot at Armagh, and who had a reputation for sanctity. Tiie Bollandists 3 commemorate him, at the 1 8th of May. He died A. D. 771, and he is said to have been venerated on this day, and also on the 31st of May. '' This day was venerated Ferdacrioch, as we tind simply registered, in tlie Martyrology of Donegal.
Article XIII. St. Colman, Bishop. A record of Bishop Colman is found in the published ' and in the Franciscan copy^ of the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the iStli of May. Tlie name of Colman, Bishop, is set down in theMartyrologyofDonegal,3 ashavingafestival,atthisdate. TheBollan- dists 4 enter Colmanus Episcopus, w-ith the simple observation, that there are many saints bearing his name in the Irish Calendars.
Article XIV. St. Aghna, Virgin. The Martyrology of Donegal' mentions, that Aghna, Virgin, had a festival at this date. Nothing more is related of her, in the Irish Calendars.
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ARTICLE I. —ST. RICHELLA, VIRGIN.
THERE is no alloy to be traced in the religious motives of Christian virgins ; since they are noble and disinterested in the most sublime degree. No stain can be found in their actions, because of their purity in heart and affection, owing to their comprehensive benevolence and desire in allthingstofollowtheDivineLaw. IntheMartyrologyofTallagh'—pub-
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xviii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 135.
5 Edited by I'rs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 132, 133.
Article xiii. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
In the Rev. Dr. Kelly's edition of it, the entry stands, * See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," " Ricilli Vir. " See "Calendar of Irish
Septima Appendix ad Acta S. Palricii, Saints," p. xxiv.
pars. iii. ^ In the Franciscan Manuscript, we read.
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 132, 133.
Article
— I. '
May 19] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 509
lished and unpublished^—we find this saint's festival set down, on the 19th ofMay. MarianusO'GormanandCharlesMaguirementionthisholyvirgin, likewise, in their Calendars, and at the same date. According to the accounts ofancientwriters,St. Patrickshadasisterbearingthename. But,asthere were two other Richellas,^ in our list of Irish Saints, it may be difficult to determinethevirgin,whosefestivalisthisdaycommemorated. Wedonot know, if she was that person, related to the great Apostle of Ireland, in the first degree of kindred. There was a certain church or monastic establish- ment, in the territory of Lugne, within the Connaught province, and there a St. Richella is said to have lived. s Kill-Richille, in the diocese of Clonfert, was probably connected with the residence of a saint bearing this name; yet, it is not easy to determine that particular Richella—if indeed she was one among the three mentioned—who had been venerated in either of those places. ^ In a list of St. Patrick's five sisters, the name Cinnenus is substituted forRichella,byUssher;7 andColganfound,likewise,inanoldfragmentary vellum Life of St. Patrick, the name of a fifth sister to the Irish Apostle, as Cinnenus, and not Richella. ^ But, as the form of the name Cinnenus is not applicable to a female, Colgan thinks we ought rather read, Cinne noem, signifying St. Cinna.
9 Now, it would seem, that Richinne has the signification regia Cimief° wherefore, Colgan argues, it is possible, the doubtful word may be properly resolved into Richinne or Richella. The same researchful hagiologist tells us, he could not discover, whether or not Richella became a mother. It might come within the range of possibility, also, that Barbanus, or Banbanus, of Mag-slecht, and a kinsman of St. Patrick,'' had been her son; although,Colgandidnotknow,whethertliis relationshiphadbeenthrough a brother or sister, or in what collateral line. ^^ This, however, is only a very groundless conjecture; and, also, any attempt to represent our saint as a sister to the illustrious St. Patrick '3 must prove equally futile. In the Irish Tripar-
KiciLle ui]\. but from the circumstances referring to her, 3 See his Life, in the Third Vohime of she appears to differ from the present
this work, at the 17th of March, Art. i.
" One of these was St. Richelia, the daughter of Attractus, and of King Lea- gaire's race. Her descent will be found, in the " Menelogium Genealogicum," cap. 3. The other was Richella, or, according to others, Richenna, called also Reynach, or Regnacia. She was daughter to Fintan, and sister to St. Finnian of Clonard, asmay be seen in a Life of the latter, published by Colgan. Her Life will be found, at the i8th
of December.
5In Vita S. Dagei, cap. 18. See Colgan's
" Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," vi. Februarii, De S. Mele Episcopo Ardachadensi, nn. 6, 7, pp. 261, 262.
* Colgan says, while he should not under- take to settle this question, he thought it most probable, from certain chronological circumstances, that Richella, daughter to Attractus, must have been the individual. She is mentioned, in a Life of St. Dagreus. See ibid. , n. 7, p. 262.
7 See " De Primordiis Ecclesiarum Bri- tannicarum," cap. xvii. , p. 823.
saint.
'° A saint—to whom such a title could be
applied—is commemorated by Colgan, in his " Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," Februarii i. De S. Cinnia sive Kinnia Virgine, pp. 234, 235.
" See " Colgan's " Trias Thaumaturga. " In one of St. Patrick's Lives, we read, that he raised a church, commonly known as Domnach mor, and set over it Mauranus, surnamed Barban, and by some called Ban- ban, who was his kinsman, and a faithful prophet of God. See Septima Vita or Tripartita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xxxii. , p. 134.
'- He adds, perhaps we should rather read Banbanus, in the foregoing passage. In such case, he might be one of three saints, bearing the latter name, and whose festivals occur, at the 1st and at the 9th of May; as also, at the 3rd of December, according to the Martyrology of Tallagh and that of Marianus O'Gorman.
'3 for many of the foregoing remarks, con- suit Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," ^See the Life of St. Mel, Bishop of vi. Februarii. De S. Mele Episcopo
Ardagh, at the 6th of February, in the Second Volume of this work. Art. i.
_ 9 Her feast occurs, at the 1st of Februaiy ;
Ardachadensi, cap. iii. , and nn. 6, 7, 8, pp. 259, 261, 262,
'''See Miss M. F. Cusack's "Life of St.
5IO LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 19.
tite Life of St. Patrick, it may be observed, the saint left by him, over the church at Domhnach-Maighe-Slecht, is called Mabran Barbarus. '* The Bol- landists '5 notice the feast of Richella, an Irish virgin, at the igth of May. Little is known, however, regarding her place in our ecclesiastical history.
Article IL—St, Ciaran, Son of Colga. At the present date, we find an entry of this saint, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,' as also in the Franciscan copy. ^ However, we can find little to record concerning him. The Bollandists 3 have Kieranus, son of Colgan, at the 19th of May. Thisday,theMartyrologyofDonegal* recordsthevenerationofCiaran,son toColga. AcertainKieran,sonofTulchan,mentionedintheLifeofSt. Fintan, Abbot of Clonenagh, was erroneously supposed to be identical with the present saint. s The name of his father, however, makes a difference of personality. There is a St. Kieran, assigned as patron of the old ruined church of Layd,^ in the parish so called, in Antrim County, according to a popular tradition. 7 It stands in the parish churchyard. ® The length of the church was 61 feet, while the breadth was 24. 9 Attached to this ruin, and at the west end, there is a square building, about 2\\ feet long, and 24 in breadth, Its under story is arched above, and it has been converted into a burial vault. The chamber over this is of the same dimensions, and it seems tohavebeenformerlyadormitory. '" Thechurchandcemeteryarebeauti- fully situated on a slope, which overhangs the sea, and about one mile north- east from the village of Cushendall," also called Bunandhalla," and near Cushendun Bay. '3 But, we may not state, whether that old church of the St. Kieran of tradition can be identified with the present holy man.
Article III. —St, Cuimmein, or Cuminus, Son of Baetan. This holy man's name appears, in the published ' and unpublished "" Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 19th of May, as Cuimmine mac Baetain. He is likewise commemorated, in the Calendars of Marianus O'Gorman, and of Cathal
Palrick, Apostle of Ireland," part ii. , p. spelling,
^00.
'5 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints,
' For an engraving and a description of it. the reader is referred to J. B. Doyle's "Tours in Ulster," pp. 221, 222.
'" A popular belief in the neighbourhood Article ii. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. is, thatthislittle edificehadbeenanurmery,
p. 295.
Kelly, p, xxiv.
= Here the reading is CiA]\An tiiac Col-
ron,
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 295.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
J32( 133-
5 See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Iliber-
nire," xvii, Februarii, Vita S, Fintani, n. 16,
p. 354-
*' It is marked, on the " Ordnance Survey
Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," sheet 15.
? See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesiasti- c. al Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro- more," p. 83, n. (b), and Appendix CC, p. 298.
* On Lendric's Map, the place is marked I-ede, which seems to have been the old
while an adjacent spring is styled "the Nun's well. " The sept of Mac Fall or Mac- faull is said to have founded it, according to a manuscript note in a copy of Archdall's " Monasticon Ilibernicum," formerly be- longing to S. Mc Skimin of Carrickfergus.
" In Irish, the name is written Cof- AbAnii-TDhAlLA.
" In Irish, bun-AbAnn-t)h,illA, which signifies "the foot," or "root of the River Dall. "
" In Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," at A. D. 1567, it is called bun-AbAiin-'Ouine, " the root of the River Dun. "
Article in. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
" In the Franciscan Manuscript, wc at find this date Cumtnme tiu\c bcACMii.
^ Sec Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Ilibcr-
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May 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 511
Maguire, on this day. 3 Although the name of his father is thus given, we are unable to trace the line from which he sprung. Equally obscure is the tradition of his place and period. The Bollandists,'^ also, at this date, have his feast, on the foregoing authorities. We find the name, Cuimmein, son of Baetan, entered in the Martyrology of Donegal,s on this day ; as also, it is in the Irish Calendar, belonging to the Royal Irish Academy. ^
Article IV. St. Caradic, or Caradoc. We find the simple entry, Cara- dic, recorded in tlie published Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 19th of May, or xiv. of the June Kalends. The same entry is to be met with in the Franciscan copy. ^ We presume, the present name does not iiffer from that of Caradoc but, under either designation, it is difficult, properl) to identify the present holy
Church of Caradoc, Aranmore, County of Galway.
man. ThechurchofKillnanamanachontheIslandofAranmore,wasdedi- catedtoSt. Caradocgarbh,accordingtoRoderickO'Flaherty. 3 And,Arch- bishop Malachias Quaeleus also identifies it, by the name Kill-na-manach,
nise," xii. Januarii, Vita S. Cumiani, n. 6, P- 59-
'* They call him, " Cummenus seu Cumi- nus filius Boedani, seu Baedani. "—"Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
134, 135.
" See the copy, formerly belonging to the
Irish Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, at xiv. Kalends of June for Ctnmeiri tnAC
TDAOTJAin. —Common Place Book F, p. 47. Article iv. —' Edited by Rev, Dr.
Kelly, p. xxiv.
^ Here it is entered CA^Anic.
3 See his " Chorographical Description of
West or H-Iar Connaught," written A. D. 1684, and edited by James Hardiman, p. 84.
t See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," Martii xxi. Appendix ad Vitam S. Endei, cap. vii. , num. 8, p. 715.
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 19.
Latinized " cella monachorum," dedicated to Cathradhoc, or Caradoc, the ]Monk, surnamed garb/i^ or " the rough. "4 The first, in our century, to dis- tinguish this ahnost forgotten church, was John O'Donovan, following the order of description given by the Archbishop ; and, he locates it near Port and Lough Courough,5 which lie on the northern shore of the Island of Aran- more, in the district of Cowragh,^ and townland of Oghil. 7 There is a Port Caradoc—so called from St. Caradoc garbh—where boats land on Aran- niore ; and, near this Port, is the pool of Lough-na-ceanainne. ^ Nearly in the middle of the Island,^ and a little to the west of a small pool of fresh water, the ruins of two ecclesiastical buildings may be seen. One measures 18 feet, in length, and 11 feet 6 inches, in breadth; while the highest part of the wall is not over 6 feet, above the surface of the ground. '° About forty paces to the south-west of this ruin stood a stone, about 6 feet in height, and having a beautiful cross within a circle sculptured on it. " The upper part of this cross was very faintly delineated ; but, the lower part was strongly marked. " This church has all the appearance of having reached back to early Christian times. But, we do not find, in our records, any traces of its ancient history.
Article V.
i8thof May, enters 3 the feast of Saran, Bishop, quoting the authority of Peter Canisius. '^
Article IX. Feast of St. Mommolin, Bishop of Novon and TouRNAY, France. \_Seventh Cenfwy. '] In the Benedictine Kalendar, the Bollandists' observe, at the iSthof May, that St. Mommolin, at first Abbot of St. Bertin, and afterwards Bishop of Noyon and Tournay, is venerated. However, they refer his chief feast to the i6th of October.
Article X. Translation of the Relics of St. Malachy O'Morgair, to Avignon. The Cistercian Kalendar, printed at Dijon, has a notice, regarding the Translation of St. Malachy O'Morgair's Relics, at the i8th of May. The BoUandists,' who introduce it, refer to his Natalis, at the 3rd of November. ^
Article XI. St. Miodhguss, Son of Erc, of Tigh-Taillten, or Teltown Church, County of Meath. We meet with an entry, at the 1 8th of May, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,^ regarding Midgus mac Eire, of Cill Taillten. ^ This place is now known as Teltown, near the River Boyne, and nearly midway between Kells and Navan, in the county of
Meath. Itwasanotedplace,eveninearlypagantimes. 3 Atthei8thof May, the Bollandists have the entry Midgassius, filius Erci de Killtailtin. The name of Miodhguss, son to Erc, of Tigh Taillten, occurs in the Martyr- ology of Donegal,5 as having veneration paid him, at this date.
^ See ibid. , pp. 526, 527.
^ See ibid. , vol. ii. , pp. 606. 607.
* This is thought to have been at Lis-
more, county of Waterford. See ibid. , pp. 1002,1003,andn. (c),ibid.
9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 132, 133-
" See "Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Ap- pendix ad Acta S. Columbse, cap. iii. , sect. V. , p. 501. See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 404, 405. —
3 Xn his " Menologium Scotorum. "
* Thus : "Ad Mulum Galvviae Sarani Episcopi. Pet. Canis. B. "—Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 200.
ing volume. —
Article viii. ' See "Acta Sancto- Article xi. ' Edited by Rev. Dr.
rum," tomus iv. , Maii xviii. Among the Kelly, p. xxiv.
pretermitted saints, p. 135.
^ See " Acta Sanctorum Hiliernise," Feb-
ruarii xvii. De aliis diversis Sanctis Ath- rumige quiescentibus, p. 367.
^ In the Franciscan copy, we read, inm- juf rriAC ei|\c C1II1 CAlcen.
^ See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (u), p. 22.
ARTICLEIX. —' See"ActaSanctorum," tomus iv. . Mail xviii. Among the preter- mitted saints, p. 136.
—'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xviii. Among the preter-
Article x.
mitted saints, p. 136.
^ See his Life, at that date, in a succeed-
Ari ICLE Xll. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv. The Franciscan copy has p]\-oAclnMch.
' Thus found Gp]- ColniAin.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 132, 133.
• See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv„ Maii xviii. Among the pretermitted saintSt p. 135.
Article xiv. —' Edited by Drs. Todd
" See " Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Ap- pendixadActaS. Columba',cap. iii. , sect. v. , p. 502.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xviii. Among the pretermitted saints. p. 135.
and Reeves, pp. 132, 133.
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5oS LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 19.
Article XII. St. Feradacius, or St. Ferdachrichus. A St. Feradachrichus, \vas]venerated on this day. This name is solely inserted, in the IMartyrology of Tallagh,^ at the i8th of May. It is not known, whether he can be identical with St. Feradacius, Abbot of lona, some notices of whom willbefound,atthe31stofthismonth. Itislikely,however,thatthepre- sent Ferdacrioch was a different person from him just mentioned; although, we have no clue left, to trace his period or locality. Colgan thinks,^ he was the same Fredach, who died a,d. 577. There was a Ferdachricus, son of Subnei, son to Ronan, who was Abbot at Armagh, and who had a reputation for sanctity. Tiie Bollandists 3 commemorate him, at the 1 8th of May. He died A. D. 771, and he is said to have been venerated on this day, and also on the 31st of May. '' This day was venerated Ferdacrioch, as we tind simply registered, in tlie Martyrology of Donegal.
Article XIII. St. Colman, Bishop. A record of Bishop Colman is found in the published ' and in the Franciscan copy^ of the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the iStli of May. Tlie name of Colman, Bishop, is set down in theMartyrologyofDonegal,3 ashavingafestival,atthisdate. TheBollan- dists 4 enter Colmanus Episcopus, w-ith the simple observation, that there are many saints bearing his name in the Irish Calendars.
Article XIV. St. Aghna, Virgin. The Martyrology of Donegal' mentions, that Aghna, Virgin, had a festival at this date. Nothing more is related of her, in the Irish Calendars.
f\. \\\titt\\i\) ©ai) of iBay*
ARTICLE I. —ST. RICHELLA, VIRGIN.
THERE is no alloy to be traced in the religious motives of Christian virgins ; since they are noble and disinterested in the most sublime degree. No stain can be found in their actions, because of their purity in heart and affection, owing to their comprehensive benevolence and desire in allthingstofollowtheDivineLaw. IntheMartyrologyofTallagh'—pub-
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xviii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 135.
5 Edited by I'rs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 132, 133.
Article xiii. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
In the Rev. Dr. Kelly's edition of it, the entry stands, * See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," " Ricilli Vir. " See "Calendar of Irish
Septima Appendix ad Acta S. Palricii, Saints," p. xxiv.
pars. iii. ^ In the Franciscan Manuscript, we read.
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 132, 133.
Article
— I. '
May 19] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 509
lished and unpublished^—we find this saint's festival set down, on the 19th ofMay. MarianusO'GormanandCharlesMaguirementionthisholyvirgin, likewise, in their Calendars, and at the same date. According to the accounts ofancientwriters,St. Patrickshadasisterbearingthename. But,asthere were two other Richellas,^ in our list of Irish Saints, it may be difficult to determinethevirgin,whosefestivalisthisdaycommemorated. Wedonot know, if she was that person, related to the great Apostle of Ireland, in the first degree of kindred. There was a certain church or monastic establish- ment, in the territory of Lugne, within the Connaught province, and there a St. Richella is said to have lived. s Kill-Richille, in the diocese of Clonfert, was probably connected with the residence of a saint bearing this name; yet, it is not easy to determine that particular Richella—if indeed she was one among the three mentioned—who had been venerated in either of those places. ^ In a list of St. Patrick's five sisters, the name Cinnenus is substituted forRichella,byUssher;7 andColganfound,likewise,inanoldfragmentary vellum Life of St. Patrick, the name of a fifth sister to the Irish Apostle, as Cinnenus, and not Richella. ^ But, as the form of the name Cinnenus is not applicable to a female, Colgan thinks we ought rather read, Cinne noem, signifying St. Cinna.
9 Now, it would seem, that Richinne has the signification regia Cimief° wherefore, Colgan argues, it is possible, the doubtful word may be properly resolved into Richinne or Richella. The same researchful hagiologist tells us, he could not discover, whether or not Richella became a mother. It might come within the range of possibility, also, that Barbanus, or Banbanus, of Mag-slecht, and a kinsman of St. Patrick,'' had been her son; although,Colgandidnotknow,whethertliis relationshiphadbeenthrough a brother or sister, or in what collateral line. ^^ This, however, is only a very groundless conjecture; and, also, any attempt to represent our saint as a sister to the illustrious St. Patrick '3 must prove equally futile. In the Irish Tripar-
KiciLle ui]\. but from the circumstances referring to her, 3 See his Life, in the Third Vohime of she appears to differ from the present
this work, at the 17th of March, Art. i.
" One of these was St. Richelia, the daughter of Attractus, and of King Lea- gaire's race. Her descent will be found, in the " Menelogium Genealogicum," cap. 3. The other was Richella, or, according to others, Richenna, called also Reynach, or Regnacia. She was daughter to Fintan, and sister to St. Finnian of Clonard, asmay be seen in a Life of the latter, published by Colgan. Her Life will be found, at the i8th
of December.
5In Vita S. Dagei, cap. 18. See Colgan's
" Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," vi. Februarii, De S. Mele Episcopo Ardachadensi, nn. 6, 7, pp. 261, 262.
* Colgan says, while he should not under- take to settle this question, he thought it most probable, from certain chronological circumstances, that Richella, daughter to Attractus, must have been the individual. She is mentioned, in a Life of St. Dagreus. See ibid. , n. 7, p. 262.
7 See " De Primordiis Ecclesiarum Bri- tannicarum," cap. xvii. , p. 823.
saint.
'° A saint—to whom such a title could be
applied—is commemorated by Colgan, in his " Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," Februarii i. De S. Cinnia sive Kinnia Virgine, pp. 234, 235.
" See " Colgan's " Trias Thaumaturga. " In one of St. Patrick's Lives, we read, that he raised a church, commonly known as Domnach mor, and set over it Mauranus, surnamed Barban, and by some called Ban- ban, who was his kinsman, and a faithful prophet of God. See Septima Vita or Tripartita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xxxii. , p. 134.
'- He adds, perhaps we should rather read Banbanus, in the foregoing passage. In such case, he might be one of three saints, bearing the latter name, and whose festivals occur, at the 1st and at the 9th of May; as also, at the 3rd of December, according to the Martyrology of Tallagh and that of Marianus O'Gorman.
'3 for many of the foregoing remarks, con- suit Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," ^See the Life of St. Mel, Bishop of vi. Februarii. De S. Mele Episcopo
Ardagh, at the 6th of February, in the Second Volume of this work. Art. i.
_ 9 Her feast occurs, at the 1st of Februaiy ;
Ardachadensi, cap. iii. , and nn. 6, 7, 8, pp. 259, 261, 262,
'''See Miss M. F. Cusack's "Life of St.
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tite Life of St. Patrick, it may be observed, the saint left by him, over the church at Domhnach-Maighe-Slecht, is called Mabran Barbarus. '* The Bol- landists '5 notice the feast of Richella, an Irish virgin, at the igth of May. Little is known, however, regarding her place in our ecclesiastical history.
Article IL—St, Ciaran, Son of Colga. At the present date, we find an entry of this saint, in the published Martyrology of Tallagh,' as also in the Franciscan copy. ^ However, we can find little to record concerning him. The Bollandists 3 have Kieranus, son of Colgan, at the 19th of May. Thisday,theMartyrologyofDonegal* recordsthevenerationofCiaran,son toColga. AcertainKieran,sonofTulchan,mentionedintheLifeofSt. Fintan, Abbot of Clonenagh, was erroneously supposed to be identical with the present saint. s The name of his father, however, makes a difference of personality. There is a St. Kieran, assigned as patron of the old ruined church of Layd,^ in the parish so called, in Antrim County, according to a popular tradition. 7 It stands in the parish churchyard. ® The length of the church was 61 feet, while the breadth was 24. 9 Attached to this ruin, and at the west end, there is a square building, about 2\\ feet long, and 24 in breadth, Its under story is arched above, and it has been converted into a burial vault. The chamber over this is of the same dimensions, and it seems tohavebeenformerlyadormitory. '" Thechurchandcemeteryarebeauti- fully situated on a slope, which overhangs the sea, and about one mile north- east from the village of Cushendall," also called Bunandhalla," and near Cushendun Bay. '3 But, we may not state, whether that old church of the St. Kieran of tradition can be identified with the present holy man.
Article III. —St, Cuimmein, or Cuminus, Son of Baetan. This holy man's name appears, in the published ' and unpublished "" Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 19th of May, as Cuimmine mac Baetain. He is likewise commemorated, in the Calendars of Marianus O'Gorman, and of Cathal
Palrick, Apostle of Ireland," part ii. , p. spelling,
^00.
'5 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints,
' For an engraving and a description of it. the reader is referred to J. B. Doyle's "Tours in Ulster," pp. 221, 222.
'" A popular belief in the neighbourhood Article ii. —' Edited by Rev. Dr. is, thatthislittle edificehadbeenanurmery,
p. 295.
Kelly, p, xxiv.
= Here the reading is CiA]\An tiiac Col-
ron,
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 295.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
J32( 133-
5 See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Iliber-
nire," xvii, Februarii, Vita S, Fintani, n. 16,
p. 354-
*' It is marked, on the " Ordnance Survey
Townland Maps for the County of Antrim," sheet 15.
? See Rev. William Reeves' " Ecclesiasti- c. al Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dro- more," p. 83, n. (b), and Appendix CC, p. 298.
* On Lendric's Map, the place is marked I-ede, which seems to have been the old
while an adjacent spring is styled "the Nun's well. " The sept of Mac Fall or Mac- faull is said to have founded it, according to a manuscript note in a copy of Archdall's " Monasticon Ilibernicum," formerly be- longing to S. Mc Skimin of Carrickfergus.
" In Irish, the name is written Cof- AbAnii-TDhAlLA.
" In Irish, bun-AbAnn-t)h,illA, which signifies "the foot," or "root of the River Dall. "
" In Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," at A. D. 1567, it is called bun-AbAiin-'Ouine, " the root of the River Dun. "
Article in. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxiv.
" In the Franciscan Manuscript, wc at find this date Cumtnme tiu\c bcACMii.
^ Sec Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Ilibcr-
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Maguire, on this day. 3 Although the name of his father is thus given, we are unable to trace the line from which he sprung. Equally obscure is the tradition of his place and period. The Bollandists,'^ also, at this date, have his feast, on the foregoing authorities. We find the name, Cuimmein, son of Baetan, entered in the Martyrology of Donegal,s on this day ; as also, it is in the Irish Calendar, belonging to the Royal Irish Academy. ^
Article IV. St. Caradic, or Caradoc. We find the simple entry, Cara- dic, recorded in tlie published Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 19th of May, or xiv. of the June Kalends. The same entry is to be met with in the Franciscan copy. ^ We presume, the present name does not iiffer from that of Caradoc but, under either designation, it is difficult, properl) to identify the present holy
Church of Caradoc, Aranmore, County of Galway.
man. ThechurchofKillnanamanachontheIslandofAranmore,wasdedi- catedtoSt. Caradocgarbh,accordingtoRoderickO'Flaherty. 3 And,Arch- bishop Malachias Quaeleus also identifies it, by the name Kill-na-manach,
nise," xii. Januarii, Vita S. Cumiani, n. 6, P- 59-
'* They call him, " Cummenus seu Cumi- nus filius Boedani, seu Baedani. "—"Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Maii xix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 295.
5 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
134, 135.
" See the copy, formerly belonging to the
Irish Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, at xiv. Kalends of June for Ctnmeiri tnAC
TDAOTJAin. —Common Place Book F, p. 47. Article iv. —' Edited by Rev, Dr.
Kelly, p. xxiv.
^ Here it is entered CA^Anic.
3 See his " Chorographical Description of
West or H-Iar Connaught," written A. D. 1684, and edited by James Hardiman, p. 84.
t See Colgan's " Acta Sanctorum Hiber- niae," Martii xxi. Appendix ad Vitam S. Endei, cap. vii. , num. 8, p. 715.
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Latinized " cella monachorum," dedicated to Cathradhoc, or Caradoc, the ]Monk, surnamed garb/i^ or " the rough. "4 The first, in our century, to dis- tinguish this ahnost forgotten church, was John O'Donovan, following the order of description given by the Archbishop ; and, he locates it near Port and Lough Courough,5 which lie on the northern shore of the Island of Aran- more, in the district of Cowragh,^ and townland of Oghil. 7 There is a Port Caradoc—so called from St. Caradoc garbh—where boats land on Aran- niore ; and, near this Port, is the pool of Lough-na-ceanainne. ^ Nearly in the middle of the Island,^ and a little to the west of a small pool of fresh water, the ruins of two ecclesiastical buildings may be seen. One measures 18 feet, in length, and 11 feet 6 inches, in breadth; while the highest part of the wall is not over 6 feet, above the surface of the ground. '° About forty paces to the south-west of this ruin stood a stone, about 6 feet in height, and having a beautiful cross within a circle sculptured on it. " The upper part of this cross was very faintly delineated ; but, the lower part was strongly marked. " This church has all the appearance of having reached back to early Christian times. But, we do not find, in our records, any traces of its ancient history.
Article V.
