Lives of the Irish saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons, compiled from calendars, martyrologies and various sources, relating to the ancient Church history of Ireland . Survey Townland Maps for the County of It ua% in the luathaml rict, as Dublin. Sheet 5. Col(;an leamcil from a ,..c of the The accompanying sketch of the old Churches of Llphin diocese, .o Fclire (Land 610) at 13 January, lati;c «.iia«,. rr. Vol. I.—No. 4. 0 194 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 13. The date is variously assigTicd to ;. 793,^ 794, 797,° and 798. Then theyburned


Lives of the Irish saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons, compiled from calendars, martyrologies and various sources, relating to the ancient Church history of Ireland . Survey Townland Maps for the County of It ua% in the luathaml rict, as Dublin. Sheet 5. Col(;an leamcil from a ,..c of the The accompanying sketch of the old Churches of Llphin diocese, .o Fclire (Land 610) at 13 January, lati;c «.iia«,. rr. Vol. I.—No. 4. 0 194 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 13. The date is variously assigTicd to ;. 793,^ 794, 797,° and 798. Then theyburned I nis-Patrick, and bore away the shrine of St. Dochonna. There aresome remains of a very old ehurch on St. Patricks Island, which comprisesabout nine acres. The \ulume of Dublin , preserved in the Royal. Doorway of primitive Church on Patricks Island, Skerries. Irish Academy,^ has a notice of Inis Padruic, wath the present saint, whowas there venerated on the 13th of January. Most probably he lived beforethe eighth century. Article X.—St. Mainchinn, Son of Collan, in Corann. Men ofthe world live a fevered life; the children of God are alone at mac Collain is mentioned in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the13th of January. And, in addition to this entry, we read, as having beenvenerated on this day, according to the Martyrology of Donegal,^ Mainchin,son of Collan, in Corann. Deidi, daughter of Tren, son to Dubhthach UaLughair, was his mother. Tliis Dubhlhach was chief poet to Laoghaire, sonof Niall, who was king over Erinn, at the coming of St. Patrick. From thisgenealogical statement, we may assume he flourished in the fifth, or at orafter the commencement of the sixth century. Colgan seems to think hemight have been identical with a certain domestic of St. Patrick, and w


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