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 . mba. Sec AiM Sanctorum Hibcrnix, xxvii, Januarii, I). 174. • rcrhaps th«rsc were mtcnde<l t hnvcbrrn the act* of .St. Natalis, AMhU of kil- in uKUh, whose life will l)c fouml at the ? - . . .1 II f en _\ .h Ui •^^\s* .Sec I)r. lanicnns •• I. it Hit. to ryof 1 fclaiul, vuli. , clwp. 1 iv • n. 5 II ^ . d. ... Ti .nfitr^, .*e been beklon 45» LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 27
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 . mba. Sec AiM Sanctorum Hibcrnix, xxvii, Januarii, I). 174. • rcrhaps th«rsc were mtcnde<l t hnvcbrrn the act* of .St. Natalis, AMhU of kil- in uKUh, whose life will l)c fouml at the ? - . . .1 II f en _\ .h Ui •^^\s* .Sec I)r. lanicnns •• I. it Hit. to ryof 1 fclaiul, vuli. , clwp. 1 iv • n. 5 II ^ . d. ... Ti .nfitr^, .*e been beklon 45» LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January 27. ology of Donegal states, likewise, that it was to St. Naal God gave waterfrom the hard, stony rock, when great thirst had seized upon hiin and of Ferns,* with their monks. He made a distant cast of hiscro/icr .it it, so that a stream of inire sjiring water gushed therefrom, just asthis spring is now to be seen at Cill Ndile. Here, it is possible his firstcsublishmcnt had place.^ Not unlike many other ecclesiastical edificesscattered over Ireland, and which owe their erection to the piety and good. Ruins at Inver Nailc, Co. Donegal. taste of the monks of old, this little ruined church of St. Natalis is not ex-ceptional, as regards its pretty and picturesque situation. It stands on thebanks of thcEidhneach or ilany(the ivy-producing river)as it empties its placidwaters into the Bay of Inver. A belt of stately elms throws shadow uponits shattered walls, and around it are conical mountains of yellow sand,sparkling in the summers sunshine. When the tide is at its full, the old ruin,with its (juiet cemetery, is almost encircled with the briny This churchof St Natalis consists merely of the nav^ which n^easures 61 feet in lengthby 21 feet 6 inches in its extreme width. Now nothing is left of its formercar\-ing and tracery save a few elaborately-cut jambs in the east people around retain but very few legendary tales or old folk-lore con-nec
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