Variations of enumeration and of statement, in reference to these, abound in several old
Martyrologies
; but, little now seems to remain, which can throw much light on their history.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v4
Gislen, or St.
Guislain,"* she led a life ofgreat piety and exact rule.
This was not sufficient, however, for her zeal and fervour.
After two years spent in such a manner, and all her worldly affairs being regulated, she proposed embracing a still more perfect state.
Through an illustrious man, named Hildulf,^' and a relative by marriage,** she procured a suitable place, whereon she might build a religious house.
St.
Waldetrude assumed the religious habit, from St.
Aubert,'' bishop of Canibray, in 636.
Encouraged by his opinion and authority, she founded a nunnery for pious women, and this was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Among them, St.
Waldetrude shoneasabrightparticularstar.
'* Shethenlivedinasmallandsolitarycell,at thatplace,LatinizedCastrilocus; afterwards,itwasknownasCastriloo,and
"See "Lives of the
voL "Seeher atthe iv. , Life,
Bertilie ou Bertille, son cpouse, p. 237.
'* Her feast occurs, on the 30th ofJanuary. 5 At the 14th of July.
" The celebrated French King, Dagobert
L, died, on the 19th of January, a. d. 638.
'' See
Colgan's
nise," viii. Januarii, Vita S. Eraidi, n. 5. , p. 28.
' See " Les Petits Bollandistes," &c. , tome viii. , xiv. Jour de Juillet, p. 292.
trudis, Abbatissae, p. 249.
'* He is venerated, at the 9th of October,
in the town called after him, on the River
Hayne.
's He is venerated as a saint, at the 23rd
of
"" tivaL
*» His least at the occurs,
"J He departed this life, on the 13th of December, about the year 670.
" to Baldericus, in his Chroni According
cle of Cambray, lib. ii. , cap. zxxix.
Saints,"
25th
February.
April 9, p. 131.
3 Botii are venerated, on the l8th of Sep-
tember, as may be seen in " Les Petits Bol-
landistes," tome xi. Saint Walbert et Sainte niae," iii. Februarii, Translatio S. Walde-
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
June,
17th April. The 14th of July is assigned for his fes-
»»
feast,
'' See
Colgan's
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
of
The 7th of September is the date for her
*
the 18th of April.
His wife is called Aya, venerated on
. '
See tomus i. , Aprilis ix. Among the
86 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[April 9.
now it is called Mons. 's This city was the capital of Hainault ; while, from 'St. Waltrude and her religious comrnunity, its origin has been derived. Her life was illustrated with miracles, and she had frequent angelic visions. She was remarkable for her spirit of prayer, and her fasts were most rigorous. Her life was passed in a little cell, where she suffered much temptation and interior trials. Her meekness and patience were admired, by all her associates ; but, her fidelity to God's laws was her great characteristic. She loved
poverty, and, with it, she enjoyed all the greater peace and spiritual consola- tion. St. Waltrude departed this life, on the 9th day of April,3° a. d. 686. She was interred at Mons, where her relics are yet enshrined, in a rich and wondrouslycarved casket. Her monastic foundation was afterwards regarded as a Collegiate Institution, for canonesses of noble birth. 3' Three distinct translations of her relics are recorded : one, at the 3rd of February,3" another, at the 12th of August,33 and again, on the 2nd of November. 34 When this holy woman was canonized is uncertain ; but. Pope Alexander IH. allowed St. Bernard, to erect an altar in her honour. 3s Truly she belonged to a family of saints.
Article II. —St. Brogan or Brocan. Brocan is the simple entry to . be met with, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 9th of April. In the
The Old Church of Kilbeg, near Bandon, County Cork.
" Acta Sanctorum " of the Bollandists,'' following the same authority, the name of Brocanus is found, on this day. The Life of Bairrfe 3 states,* that a Brogan,
'^ See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. iv. , April ix.
" Lives of
Article 11.
3° The " Petits Rollandistes" have it "le Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy enters
3'
According to Molanus, Mirseus, Menard,
pretermitted saints, p. 810.
3 His festival occurs, at the 25th of Sep-
Andreas de Saussai, and others. our notice, at that date.
See also
; '' See notices, at this date. ^See. notices,atthisdate,
tember.
* According to the Tenth
Chapter,
as
—Tome
6 Avril de I'an 686. "
3' ' According to Mirfeus.
_
foundin the
original
Irish.
iv. , p. 299. bpocAin.
3s See Rev. S.
the Saints," vol. —iv. , April 9, p. 131.
Baring-Gould's
'
Edited Rev. Dr. by
April 9. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 87
son of Senan, was a pupil of Bairrb, that Brogan used to read three lessons every day with Bairr^, until orders were conferred on him, and that he offered himself with his church, i. e. Ckiain carna,^ to Bairre. The Calen- daristthenadds: Ithinkthateitherthis,ortheBrogan,veneratedatthe27th of June, is he who is mentioned here ; for, every other person of the name is sumamed from a church, or from his father, except these only. There is a parish called Kilbrogan,' in the County of Cork, and in it are the ruins of an old church, called Kilbeg,' near Bandon. It would not be easy to decide, how- ever, that it had any connexion with the present saint, and the remains there havemuchmoreacivicthananecclesiasticallook. * Again,theMartyrology of Donegal* records on this day simply the name, Brogin. Some Acts of this holy man seem to have been collected, by Colgan, who intended to publish them, at this day. ""»
ArticleIII. —St. ^EdhachMacUaElich. Hisnameissetdown, in the Martyrology of Tallagh," at this date, as Aedach mac h. Eachdach. On the same authority, the BoUandists ' enter . ^dacus filius Hua-Elich, at the 9th of April. Likewise, we find registered, on this day, in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 the name of . (Edhach, Mac Ua Elich, as having veneration paid him.
' Article IV. —St. Senan. At the 9th of April, the Martyrology of
'
' entersthenameSenan. elseoccursto him. The Nothing identify
Tallagh
BoUandists,
manner, on this day, a festival was celebrated in honour of Senan, as we read
likewise, have the feast of Senanus, at this same date. In like in the Martyrology of Donegal. '
ArticleV. —St. Colman. ThenameofColmanoccurs,intheMarty- rology of Tallagh," at the 9th of April. No other observation is found, to determine this saint's individuality, and not even in a later Calendar. From the same source, the BoUandists enter his feast. ' The festival, in honour of Colman, was celebrated, on this day, as we find simply set down, in the
s The place does not appear to have been identified.
' It is in the barony of Kinalmeaky, and
Article hi. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has, however, -deoifi tTIac h ebch.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Aprilis ix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 810.
Se<in<iin.
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Aprilis ix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 810.
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
CoLmani.
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Aprilis ix. Among the pretermitted saints,
810.
it is shown on the " Ordnance Townland Maps for the County of Cork," Sheets 95,96, 109, 1 10.
' In the oblong Book of Sketches for
Clare, Cork, and Kerry, now in the Royal
Irish Academy, and once belonging to the
Irish Ordnance Survey, there is a view of Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has
this old church. Sketch 33. It has been copied, by the writer, and drawn on the wood, by William F. Wakeman, to serve as an illustration for the text ; the engraving is by Mrs. Millard.
'
This sketch was taken by E. M. , in Feb-
Survey
Rev. Dr. 9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has
ruary, 1841.
Edited by
98, 99.
"See "Catalogus Actuum Sanctorum
quae MS. habentur Ordine Mensium et Dierun. "
p.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
98, 99.
Article iv. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
98, 99. — Article v.
'
38 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 9.
Martyrology of Donegal. ' Colgan seems to hazard a conjecture, that the present saint may have been the son of Enan, and a brother to three other saints. ^
Article VI. —Festival of Seven Holy Virgins, Martyrs. The Feilire of St. . ^Engus,' contains the Festival of Seven Holy Virgins, who were Martyrs, at the 9th of April. The Bollandists " have notices of these holy virgins, with other Martyrs associated in suffering with them for the name of Christ, at this date.
Variations of enumeration and of statement, in reference to these, abound in several old Martyrologies ; but, little now seems to remain, which can throw much light on their history.
Article VH. —Reputed Festival of St. Celejtine I. , Pope and
Confessor. \Fourth and Fifth Cai/uries. ] In the Vatican Manuscript, belonging to the church of St. Peter, and in the Usuard one, belonging to the
'
Queen of Sweden, there is a festival set down, at this day, as the Bollandists remark, to commemorate St. Celestine I. , Pope and Confessor, whose Life has been given already, at the 6th of April.
Article VIII. —Repxjted Feast of St. Dotto, Abbot, Orkney
Islands. It is stated, by Camerarius, in his Scottish Menology, that formerly St. DottowasanAbbot,celebratedamongtheOrkneyIslanders,andthatone ofthegroupwasknownastheIslandofSt. Dotto. ' TheOrkneyscontained churches and monasteries, dedicated to St. Brandan. '" The Bollandists observe, however, that there is no mention of such an Island, in the very accurate description of the Orkneys, given by Robert Gordon,' nor does it seemtobenoticedamongthegroup,inthebestmodernAtlases. * TheBol- landists,5 who notice Dotto, at the 9th of April, seem to be in doubt, not alone as to his Cultus, but even as to his existence ; since they find no men- tion of him, in Dempster's Menologium Scoticum, in a Manuscript Catalogue oftheSaintsofScotland,norintheBreviaryofAberdeen. Camerariustells
'Kdited Drs. ToddandReeves, by
Articleviii. —' Forbeshasitas
98, 99.
* See "Trias Thaumaturga," Quarta Ap-
pendix . id Acta S. Columba;, cap. iii. , p,
" dars of the Scottish Saints," p. 326.
482, and cap. x. , p. 489. •'"
Article vi. — The — is the following
feast occurs, at May 16th.
text and English translation
t>iiAix>. 1111. noemuAS nenOAS
Incech cpeib, ifi\4ice AfApjib n4T)ib-OAi
IperL CAin quATH\4Ci.
"Seven innocent holy virgins' victory—in
'
las of Modern Geography," by Alexander Keith Johnston, sheet 7, (Edinburgh and
London, 1864, Roy. fob), where the Orkney Islands are very accurately shown, with the names annexed to each Island ; and, also, from Adolf Stieler's " Hand Atlas iiber und AUeTheilederErde iiber das Weltgebaude,"
every household it is to De told 47.
Perthes, 4to. Roy.
blood perishes not, on Quadratus' fair feast. " •See "Acta Sanctorum," tonius i. ,
Justus
Nor, in the list of those Islands, as given in
"
Mackenzie E. C. Walcott's Scoti-Monasti-
:
Thus, it is
missing
Royal
pp.
Bishop
the chief one of the Orkneys. See Kalen-
'
Most probably the Navigator, whose
—whose No. Gotha
Aprilis ix. De Sanctis . Martyribus Deme- con," at pp. 177, 178, is the name to be
trio Diacono, Hllario, Concesso, Maro, Sir- mone, Fortunato, Bonato, item vii, Viigini- bus Canonicis, —820, 821.
»"
See Acta S. inctorum,"
found.
5 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Ap-
rilis ix. the (easts. Among pretermitted
p. 8 10.
'See "Kalendars of Scottish Saints. '
p. 326.
pp. Article vii.
tomus i. , Aprilis ix. ted saints, p. 809.
Among the pretermit-
In Blaviana Scotioe. "
Geographia
"
fromThe At-
Aril iol] LIVES OF TBE IXiSB SJUXTS.
o^dathediedxjk50a,btliedoesaoty»eibeSKmm»ii>wjK. tlasirfh»- naiianhadbeendanoL AwMkeofAitSMftisgnt%mli«««tk«(
BbfaopFadxs. *
Amtxs IX. —Rmmo Fust of St. RoiiMcaat Scmr% lykxiK Mn»
MAKTnt,GsutAHT. [£«MGwftiij. ] WeareiafonMd»byDeakpsMr«» that Knndecar was a Scat; tfiatbewas a noak and a disciple «Mcr St Bwiifafe,'inGei—ay; aBd,tltttbesharedtheMiatjidoaiofttishtteihq^y Aposde, who endeavooied to (kav the Geaties bum daikness toriw lifhtw dieGoapd. * Foraarinrity,hequotesFenariis,asalsotheBrevtarimaSco^ ticnn, and a Life of Sl BonifiKe»« fay Odkkm, of F\ilda. If «e credit the statenent of Dempster, Sl KondilEar wrote " lostractio ad FMstos. " hlK i, and loarisbed ajk 755. The lWhndi\li at the 9di of April waifc,* that OeScettiih BRviaiy, quoted by Dempster, cannot be the BreviaiT of Abci^ deen, in which no acooont of St Kimdakar is to be feond. He ts Uwu^ to be same as Gondadur, mentioned by Notker, at the 5th ofJune, in his MaitjTology. We have set down the foccgoii« aotioek as IieUnd may poss3>ly have a claim to this holy Uaitji's nativtey.
Crntl) Sap of ;3pnL
ARTICLE L—ST. CUAKJJA OF ROS-EO, OR RUSH, COUKn* (^F DUBUN. iSEVE/TTH ASD EKftTM CEjnVK/SS. )
CUANNA'S festival and name are entered, in the Feilire of St "
ST. . £ngus; he is noted, as being my. il and ex. Martyrology of T. ^Uagh. at theiv. of the Ide5—or ic.
while, in the —the date is
also set down, ; n the Jcn>» Virgin, applied
in some of our '>
Jit, the present s,>int was a
female ; but, it seems most likciy, he was . » man, the cwlojsistic tern* applietl bein^ intended to denote the virtue of continency, which he possessetl in so iiuinont a degree. The O'Clerys' Calendar calls hira the son of Moidharn. ' He sprang from the seed of Enna, son to Niall ; and, he was a noble virgin, in body ajid soul, as a gloss on the Feilire of . 'Kcnghus * states. He sccins to
Articlk IX. —"S** " Hktoria BccledM- locha i m BiwhiJI- •• *«» *«»•" Sw Rev. '. intit Scotofwn," Ioibm iL, lib. x. Dr. Kelly* *'C«lena»r «»f IrUh . Snlnt*. Mk,
'
of
in«n b refcr-
in niAig loch* 111 bt\e. \i;. \ib in n^|^ttr 00.
' ^
* In > glo»» to the " Fci'i'-
luiUI to have been kmi of I
Knn«, »on of Nmll llie
Thu annotation in to be fouitJ, in the
765, p. 416.
1 1 . ,
p. xxi. The Vrancivdn entry i» l'UAn«»
tish SainK" i> * Lib. ii. ,
' Sec " A
I'x'i
fhi»ho»y \ D. 755.
Uip
red ("
' hcc iiLii M. . ;ium Scoticum," «t
\t. . l. . rn in i to ii;«<l.
April i», Bubop Korba" " Kalen«lM» of Scut-
rli, X. A ij Uw pretetmittcd fwat*,
copy. "
|,.
,si,,.
ARTICLE! . —'Thi»"Ctumn«Vir. IMtigh
.
is citwi.
lum," tomu* I. , Ap-
" Lobliar Hrcac "
» Ur. Tml. l wiym Hie glo. . alUiUed to
it a> fullows :—"1. /. , Vitgo uobiUt ootpoM et ipiritu. "
90
UVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April io.
have been born, some time in the seventh century. We know little regarding J this saint, but what is recorded, in the Martyrologies of St. y^ingus, of Tam-
lacht, of Marianus O'Gorman, and of the O'Clerys. These say, that he was of Ros-eo ; and, it is generally allowed, that it lay in Magh Lacha territory. Now,
Magh Lacha is supposed to be the present Mailough, a part of Fore barony, in the county of Westmeath,^ according to one account. His place was situated, as others have it, in the eastern part of Magh-Breagh,or Meath. An excellent authority on Irish topography tells us, that Ros-eo means the " Wood of the yews ;" and, that it is no otner than the present village of Rush. s in Dublin County. * Within a very beautiful demesne, in the neighbourhood, are to be seen considerable and interesting ruins of an old chapel, or chantry, called Kinure. 7 It lies in a solemn, lone, sequestered situation, and, it is thickly
—
with festoons of ivy. ^ Whether Kinure had any connexion with
over-arched,
St Cuanna, however, may well admit of doubt. It is represented I know \
Annotation of William M. Hennessy, to
' It is not named on the Ordnance Survey
Map.
" See D'Alton's " of Dro- John History
gheda. with its Environs, and an Introductory Memoir of the Dublin and Drogheda Rail-
way,"vol. i. , p. cviii.
«See John D'Alton's "History of the
County of Dublin," pp. 428, 429.
his copy of the
"
Martyrology of Donegal. "
5 It is atown, in the of and parish Lusk,
barony of Balrothery East. It is described,
on the "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
fortheCountyofDublin,"sheet8.
'
See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (r), p. 315.
Kinure Old Church, County of Dublin.
not on what grounds—to have been dedicated to a St. Damnan. A spring, locally known as St. Catherine's well, maybe seen issuing from a rock, in an avenue, conducting from Rush mansion to this old church. Several interesting tomb-stones rest within the enclosure. 9 It may be observed, that Kinure old
church is of an oblong shape, and it measures externally, 52 feet in length, by 22 in breadth. It lies, within the demesne of Sir Roger Palmer, and its nearly
April io. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 91
circular enclosure, beside a bright stream, is completely overshadowed by venerable trees. "" We find, from an entry, in the Annals of the Four Masters,"
and in Colgan," that St Cuanna, of Ros-eo, died, on the 10th of April, a. d. 717. The Annals of Ulster, however, refer his death to the year 720. The
MartjTology of Donegal '3 enters, on this day, the name of Cuanna, son to Moidharn, of Ruseo, and, at Maghlacha,'^ in the east of Magh Breagh, his place is said to have been situated. This saint was venerated, likewise, in Scotland, as we learn at this date, from the Kalendar of Drummond. '^
Article II. —St. Berchan, Aego, or Egg Island, Scotland. Dur- ing the sixth, seventh and eighth centuries, the interior Hebrides, or those near the coast, were setded by Gaelic colonists, many of whom migrated directly from Ireland, and still more from the Irish settlements, in Argyle. ' The feast of Berchan Eago is met with, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,'at the
lothofApril ThewordAego,'intheopinionofRev. Dr. Reeves,*may refer to the Island of Egg, or Eigg, one of the Hebrides, off Scotland's western
coast. 5 It is distinguished, by a peculiarly shaped hill, which terminates in a lofty peak,* called the Scuir of Eigg,' which is a veritable Giant's Causeway, like that on the coast of Antrim, and columnar from end to end. ' In the south-east comer of the Island, and not far from the landing-place, there is a remarkable cave, called Uamh Fhraing ;» and, northwards, in the Bay of Laig, there is an oolitic sand, which, according to Hugh Millar, emits dis- tinct musical sounds, on being struck. '" This Island is about five or six miles
in length, by three in breadth, while, for the most part, it is moory, and of a
" The accompanying illustration is from a sketch by the writer, taken August, 1882 ; it has been transferred to the wood, by William F.
"See "Lives of the
voL "Seeher atthe iv. , Life,
Bertilie ou Bertille, son cpouse, p. 237.
'* Her feast occurs, on the 30th ofJanuary. 5 At the 14th of July.
" The celebrated French King, Dagobert
L, died, on the 19th of January, a. d. 638.
'' See
Colgan's
nise," viii. Januarii, Vita S. Eraidi, n. 5. , p. 28.
' See " Les Petits Bollandistes," &c. , tome viii. , xiv. Jour de Juillet, p. 292.
trudis, Abbatissae, p. 249.
'* He is venerated, at the 9th of October,
in the town called after him, on the River
Hayne.
's He is venerated as a saint, at the 23rd
of
"" tivaL
*» His least at the occurs,
"J He departed this life, on the 13th of December, about the year 670.
" to Baldericus, in his Chroni According
cle of Cambray, lib. ii. , cap. zxxix.
Saints,"
25th
February.
April 9, p. 131.
3 Botii are venerated, on the l8th of Sep-
tember, as may be seen in " Les Petits Bol-
landistes," tome xi. Saint Walbert et Sainte niae," iii. Februarii, Translatio S. Walde-
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
June,
17th April. The 14th of July is assigned for his fes-
»»
feast,
'' See
Colgan's
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
of
The 7th of September is the date for her
*
the 18th of April.
His wife is called Aya, venerated on
. '
See tomus i. , Aprilis ix. Among the
86 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[April 9.
now it is called Mons. 's This city was the capital of Hainault ; while, from 'St. Waltrude and her religious comrnunity, its origin has been derived. Her life was illustrated with miracles, and she had frequent angelic visions. She was remarkable for her spirit of prayer, and her fasts were most rigorous. Her life was passed in a little cell, where she suffered much temptation and interior trials. Her meekness and patience were admired, by all her associates ; but, her fidelity to God's laws was her great characteristic. She loved
poverty, and, with it, she enjoyed all the greater peace and spiritual consola- tion. St. Waltrude departed this life, on the 9th day of April,3° a. d. 686. She was interred at Mons, where her relics are yet enshrined, in a rich and wondrouslycarved casket. Her monastic foundation was afterwards regarded as a Collegiate Institution, for canonesses of noble birth. 3' Three distinct translations of her relics are recorded : one, at the 3rd of February,3" another, at the 12th of August,33 and again, on the 2nd of November. 34 When this holy woman was canonized is uncertain ; but. Pope Alexander IH. allowed St. Bernard, to erect an altar in her honour. 3s Truly she belonged to a family of saints.
Article II. —St. Brogan or Brocan. Brocan is the simple entry to . be met with, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 9th of April. In the
The Old Church of Kilbeg, near Bandon, County Cork.
" Acta Sanctorum " of the Bollandists,'' following the same authority, the name of Brocanus is found, on this day. The Life of Bairrfe 3 states,* that a Brogan,
'^ See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints," vol. iv. , April ix.
" Lives of
Article 11.
3° The " Petits Rollandistes" have it "le Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy enters
3'
According to Molanus, Mirseus, Menard,
pretermitted saints, p. 810.
3 His festival occurs, at the 25th of Sep-
Andreas de Saussai, and others. our notice, at that date.
See also
; '' See notices, at this date. ^See. notices,atthisdate,
tember.
* According to the Tenth
Chapter,
as
—Tome
6 Avril de I'an 686. "
3' ' According to Mirfeus.
_
foundin the
original
Irish.
iv. , p. 299. bpocAin.
3s See Rev. S.
the Saints," vol. —iv. , April 9, p. 131.
Baring-Gould's
'
Edited Rev. Dr. by
April 9. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 87
son of Senan, was a pupil of Bairrb, that Brogan used to read three lessons every day with Bairr^, until orders were conferred on him, and that he offered himself with his church, i. e. Ckiain carna,^ to Bairre. The Calen- daristthenadds: Ithinkthateitherthis,ortheBrogan,veneratedatthe27th of June, is he who is mentioned here ; for, every other person of the name is sumamed from a church, or from his father, except these only. There is a parish called Kilbrogan,' in the County of Cork, and in it are the ruins of an old church, called Kilbeg,' near Bandon. It would not be easy to decide, how- ever, that it had any connexion with the present saint, and the remains there havemuchmoreacivicthananecclesiasticallook. * Again,theMartyrology of Donegal* records on this day simply the name, Brogin. Some Acts of this holy man seem to have been collected, by Colgan, who intended to publish them, at this day. ""»
ArticleIII. —St. ^EdhachMacUaElich. Hisnameissetdown, in the Martyrology of Tallagh," at this date, as Aedach mac h. Eachdach. On the same authority, the BoUandists ' enter . ^dacus filius Hua-Elich, at the 9th of April. Likewise, we find registered, on this day, in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 the name of . (Edhach, Mac Ua Elich, as having veneration paid him.
' Article IV. —St. Senan. At the 9th of April, the Martyrology of
'
' entersthenameSenan. elseoccursto him. The Nothing identify
Tallagh
BoUandists,
manner, on this day, a festival was celebrated in honour of Senan, as we read
likewise, have the feast of Senanus, at this same date. In like in the Martyrology of Donegal. '
ArticleV. —St. Colman. ThenameofColmanoccurs,intheMarty- rology of Tallagh," at the 9th of April. No other observation is found, to determine this saint's individuality, and not even in a later Calendar. From the same source, the BoUandists enter his feast. ' The festival, in honour of Colman, was celebrated, on this day, as we find simply set down, in the
s The place does not appear to have been identified.
' It is in the barony of Kinalmeaky, and
Article hi. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has, however, -deoifi tTIac h ebch.
' See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Aprilis ix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 810.
Se<in<iin.
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Aprilis ix. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 810.
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
CoLmani.
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. ,
Aprilis ix. Among the pretermitted saints,
810.
it is shown on the " Ordnance Townland Maps for the County of Cork," Sheets 95,96, 109, 1 10.
' In the oblong Book of Sketches for
Clare, Cork, and Kerry, now in the Royal
Irish Academy, and once belonging to the
Irish Ordnance Survey, there is a view of Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has
this old church. Sketch 33. It has been copied, by the writer, and drawn on the wood, by William F. Wakeman, to serve as an illustration for the text ; the engraving is by Mrs. Millard.
'
This sketch was taken by E. M. , in Feb-
Survey
Rev. Dr. 9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. Kelly, p. xxi. The Franciscan copy has
ruary, 1841.
Edited by
98, 99.
"See "Catalogus Actuum Sanctorum
quae MS. habentur Ordine Mensium et Dierun. "
p.
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
98, 99.
Article iv. — Edited by Rev. Dr.
98, 99. — Article v.
'
38 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April 9.
Martyrology of Donegal. ' Colgan seems to hazard a conjecture, that the present saint may have been the son of Enan, and a brother to three other saints. ^
Article VI. —Festival of Seven Holy Virgins, Martyrs. The Feilire of St. . ^Engus,' contains the Festival of Seven Holy Virgins, who were Martyrs, at the 9th of April. The Bollandists " have notices of these holy virgins, with other Martyrs associated in suffering with them for the name of Christ, at this date.
Variations of enumeration and of statement, in reference to these, abound in several old Martyrologies ; but, little now seems to remain, which can throw much light on their history.
Article VH. —Reputed Festival of St. Celejtine I. , Pope and
Confessor. \Fourth and Fifth Cai/uries. ] In the Vatican Manuscript, belonging to the church of St. Peter, and in the Usuard one, belonging to the
'
Queen of Sweden, there is a festival set down, at this day, as the Bollandists remark, to commemorate St. Celestine I. , Pope and Confessor, whose Life has been given already, at the 6th of April.
Article VIII. —Repxjted Feast of St. Dotto, Abbot, Orkney
Islands. It is stated, by Camerarius, in his Scottish Menology, that formerly St. DottowasanAbbot,celebratedamongtheOrkneyIslanders,andthatone ofthegroupwasknownastheIslandofSt. Dotto. ' TheOrkneyscontained churches and monasteries, dedicated to St. Brandan. '" The Bollandists observe, however, that there is no mention of such an Island, in the very accurate description of the Orkneys, given by Robert Gordon,' nor does it seemtobenoticedamongthegroup,inthebestmodernAtlases. * TheBol- landists,5 who notice Dotto, at the 9th of April, seem to be in doubt, not alone as to his Cultus, but even as to his existence ; since they find no men- tion of him, in Dempster's Menologium Scoticum, in a Manuscript Catalogue oftheSaintsofScotland,norintheBreviaryofAberdeen. Camerariustells
'Kdited Drs. ToddandReeves, by
Articleviii. —' Forbeshasitas
98, 99.
* See "Trias Thaumaturga," Quarta Ap-
pendix . id Acta S. Columba;, cap. iii. , p,
" dars of the Scottish Saints," p. 326.
482, and cap. x. , p. 489. •'"
Article vi. — The — is the following
feast occurs, at May 16th.
text and English translation
t>iiAix>. 1111. noemuAS nenOAS
Incech cpeib, ifi\4ice AfApjib n4T)ib-OAi
IperL CAin quATH\4Ci.
"Seven innocent holy virgins' victory—in
'
las of Modern Geography," by Alexander Keith Johnston, sheet 7, (Edinburgh and
London, 1864, Roy. fob), where the Orkney Islands are very accurately shown, with the names annexed to each Island ; and, also, from Adolf Stieler's " Hand Atlas iiber und AUeTheilederErde iiber das Weltgebaude,"
every household it is to De told 47.
Perthes, 4to. Roy.
blood perishes not, on Quadratus' fair feast. " •See "Acta Sanctorum," tonius i. ,
Justus
Nor, in the list of those Islands, as given in
"
Mackenzie E. C. Walcott's Scoti-Monasti-
:
Thus, it is
missing
Royal
pp.
Bishop
the chief one of the Orkneys. See Kalen-
'
Most probably the Navigator, whose
—whose No. Gotha
Aprilis ix. De Sanctis . Martyribus Deme- con," at pp. 177, 178, is the name to be
trio Diacono, Hllario, Concesso, Maro, Sir- mone, Fortunato, Bonato, item vii, Viigini- bus Canonicis, —820, 821.
»"
See Acta S. inctorum,"
found.
5 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus i. , Ap-
rilis ix. the (easts. Among pretermitted
p. 8 10.
'See "Kalendars of Scottish Saints. '
p. 326.
pp. Article vii.
tomus i. , Aprilis ix. ted saints, p. 809.
Among the pretermit-
In Blaviana Scotioe. "
Geographia
"
fromThe At-
Aril iol] LIVES OF TBE IXiSB SJUXTS.
o^dathediedxjk50a,btliedoesaoty»eibeSKmm»ii>wjK. tlasirfh»- naiianhadbeendanoL AwMkeofAitSMftisgnt%mli«««tk«(
BbfaopFadxs. *
Amtxs IX. —Rmmo Fust of St. RoiiMcaat Scmr% lykxiK Mn»
MAKTnt,GsutAHT. [£«MGwftiij. ] WeareiafonMd»byDeakpsMr«» that Knndecar was a Scat; tfiatbewas a noak and a disciple «Mcr St Bwiifafe,'inGei—ay; aBd,tltttbesharedtheMiatjidoaiofttishtteihq^y Aposde, who endeavooied to (kav the Geaties bum daikness toriw lifhtw dieGoapd. * Foraarinrity,hequotesFenariis,asalsotheBrevtarimaSco^ ticnn, and a Life of Sl BonifiKe»« fay Odkkm, of F\ilda. If «e credit the statenent of Dempster, Sl KondilEar wrote " lostractio ad FMstos. " hlK i, and loarisbed ajk 755. The lWhndi\li at the 9di of April waifc,* that OeScettiih BRviaiy, quoted by Dempster, cannot be the BreviaiT of Abci^ deen, in which no acooont of St Kimdakar is to be feond. He ts Uwu^ to be same as Gondadur, mentioned by Notker, at the 5th ofJune, in his MaitjTology. We have set down the foccgoii« aotioek as IieUnd may poss3>ly have a claim to this holy Uaitji's nativtey.
Crntl) Sap of ;3pnL
ARTICLE L—ST. CUAKJJA OF ROS-EO, OR RUSH, COUKn* (^F DUBUN. iSEVE/TTH ASD EKftTM CEjnVK/SS. )
CUANNA'S festival and name are entered, in the Feilire of St "
ST. . £ngus; he is noted, as being my. il and ex. Martyrology of T. ^Uagh. at theiv. of the Ide5—or ic.
while, in the —the date is
also set down, ; n the Jcn>» Virgin, applied
in some of our '>
Jit, the present s,>int was a
female ; but, it seems most likciy, he was . » man, the cwlojsistic tern* applietl bein^ intended to denote the virtue of continency, which he possessetl in so iiuinont a degree. The O'Clerys' Calendar calls hira the son of Moidharn. ' He sprang from the seed of Enna, son to Niall ; and, he was a noble virgin, in body ajid soul, as a gloss on the Feilire of . 'Kcnghus * states. He sccins to
Articlk IX. —"S** " Hktoria BccledM- locha i m BiwhiJI- •• *«» *«»•" Sw Rev. '. intit Scotofwn," Ioibm iL, lib. x. Dr. Kelly* *'C«lena»r «»f IrUh . Snlnt*. Mk,
'
of
in«n b refcr-
in niAig loch* 111 bt\e. \i;. \ib in n^|^ttr 00.
' ^
* In > glo»» to the " Fci'i'-
luiUI to have been kmi of I
Knn«, »on of Nmll llie
Thu annotation in to be fouitJ, in the
765, p. 416.
1 1 . ,
p. xxi. The Vrancivdn entry i» l'UAn«»
tish SainK" i> * Lib. ii. ,
' Sec " A
I'x'i
fhi»ho»y \ D. 755.
Uip
red ("
' hcc iiLii M. . ;ium Scoticum," «t
\t. . l. . rn in i to ii;«<l.
April i», Bubop Korba" " Kalen«lM» of Scut-
rli, X. A ij Uw pretetmittcd fwat*,
copy. "
|,.
,si,,.
ARTICLE! . —'Thi»"Ctumn«Vir. IMtigh
.
is citwi.
lum," tomu* I. , Ap-
" Lobliar Hrcac "
» Ur. Tml. l wiym Hie glo. . alUiUed to
it a> fullows :—"1. /. , Vitgo uobiUt ootpoM et ipiritu. "
90
UVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [April io.
have been born, some time in the seventh century. We know little regarding J this saint, but what is recorded, in the Martyrologies of St. y^ingus, of Tam-
lacht, of Marianus O'Gorman, and of the O'Clerys. These say, that he was of Ros-eo ; and, it is generally allowed, that it lay in Magh Lacha territory. Now,
Magh Lacha is supposed to be the present Mailough, a part of Fore barony, in the county of Westmeath,^ according to one account. His place was situated, as others have it, in the eastern part of Magh-Breagh,or Meath. An excellent authority on Irish topography tells us, that Ros-eo means the " Wood of the yews ;" and, that it is no otner than the present village of Rush. s in Dublin County. * Within a very beautiful demesne, in the neighbourhood, are to be seen considerable and interesting ruins of an old chapel, or chantry, called Kinure. 7 It lies in a solemn, lone, sequestered situation, and, it is thickly
—
with festoons of ivy. ^ Whether Kinure had any connexion with
over-arched,
St Cuanna, however, may well admit of doubt. It is represented I know \
Annotation of William M. Hennessy, to
' It is not named on the Ordnance Survey
Map.
" See D'Alton's " of Dro- John History
gheda. with its Environs, and an Introductory Memoir of the Dublin and Drogheda Rail-
way,"vol. i. , p. cviii.
«See John D'Alton's "History of the
County of Dublin," pp. 428, 429.
his copy of the
"
Martyrology of Donegal. "
5 It is atown, in the of and parish Lusk,
barony of Balrothery East. It is described,
on the "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
fortheCountyofDublin,"sheet8.
'
See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , n. (r), p. 315.
Kinure Old Church, County of Dublin.
not on what grounds—to have been dedicated to a St. Damnan. A spring, locally known as St. Catherine's well, maybe seen issuing from a rock, in an avenue, conducting from Rush mansion to this old church. Several interesting tomb-stones rest within the enclosure. 9 It may be observed, that Kinure old
church is of an oblong shape, and it measures externally, 52 feet in length, by 22 in breadth. It lies, within the demesne of Sir Roger Palmer, and its nearly
April io. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 91
circular enclosure, beside a bright stream, is completely overshadowed by venerable trees. "" We find, from an entry, in the Annals of the Four Masters,"
and in Colgan," that St Cuanna, of Ros-eo, died, on the 10th of April, a. d. 717. The Annals of Ulster, however, refer his death to the year 720. The
MartjTology of Donegal '3 enters, on this day, the name of Cuanna, son to Moidharn, of Ruseo, and, at Maghlacha,'^ in the east of Magh Breagh, his place is said to have been situated. This saint was venerated, likewise, in Scotland, as we learn at this date, from the Kalendar of Drummond. '^
Article II. —St. Berchan, Aego, or Egg Island, Scotland. Dur- ing the sixth, seventh and eighth centuries, the interior Hebrides, or those near the coast, were setded by Gaelic colonists, many of whom migrated directly from Ireland, and still more from the Irish settlements, in Argyle. ' The feast of Berchan Eago is met with, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,'at the
lothofApril ThewordAego,'intheopinionofRev. Dr. Reeves,*may refer to the Island of Egg, or Eigg, one of the Hebrides, off Scotland's western
coast. 5 It is distinguished, by a peculiarly shaped hill, which terminates in a lofty peak,* called the Scuir of Eigg,' which is a veritable Giant's Causeway, like that on the coast of Antrim, and columnar from end to end. ' In the south-east comer of the Island, and not far from the landing-place, there is a remarkable cave, called Uamh Fhraing ;» and, northwards, in the Bay of Laig, there is an oolitic sand, which, according to Hugh Millar, emits dis- tinct musical sounds, on being struck. '" This Island is about five or six miles
in length, by three in breadth, while, for the most part, it is moory, and of a
" The accompanying illustration is from a sketch by the writer, taken August, 1882 ; it has been transferred to the wood, by William F.
