Saint Tommen mac h Birn, June 12
Another name for our ever-growing list of obscure Irish saints is recorded at June 12 - Saint Tommen mac i Birn. Although the calendars preserve both a patronymic and a place name in connection with...
View ArticleSaint Damhnat of Sliabh Betha, June 13
On June 13 we remember Saint Damhnat of Sliabh Betha. As with so many of our holy women, not a great deal is actually known of her life, and in particular there is some confusion around Damhnat's...
View ArticleSaint Cumman Beg of Cill Cuimne, June 14
We can add another name to the list of obscure Irish holy women at June 14, Cumman Beg of Cill Cuimne. She is yet another saint for whom the only record we have is the listing of her name on the Irish...
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Saint Vouga of Carn, June 15
June 15 is the commemoration of a County Wexford saint with a reputed Breton link, Vouga or Beoc. I have already reprinted a paper on this saint by the 19th-century scholar Margaret Stokes here, but...
View ArticleSaint Séadna, June 16
On June 16 we commemorate Saint Séadna (Setna), one of at least a dozen saints who bears this name and most of whom are obscure figures. This one, however, was associated with Saint Patrick, as Canon...
View ArticleSaint Moling and the Two Suffering Men
June 17 is the feast of Saint Moling Luachra and below is an account of one of his many miracles:Two men, affected with excessive pain of the emblena [belly], and in the whole body, caused by great...
View ArticleThe Blessed Aidus Hua-Foirreth, June 18
On June 18 Canon O'Hanlon brings a brief account of a tenth/eleventh century cleric of Armagh, Aidus Hua-Foirreth. He is distinguished from most of the other holy men who appear on this blog in that...
View ArticleSaint Colman of Drumlease, June 19
At June 19 we commemorate one of the many Irish saints who bear the name of Colman but about whom nothing is known. This one is associated with Drumlease, County Leitrim, as Canon O'Hanlon explains:ST....
View ArticleSaint Gobanus of Saint-Gobain, June 20
June 20 is the commemoration of a seventh-century Irish saint and martyr, Gobanus or Gobain, who flourished in France. In his account of Saint Gobain, a disciple of Saint Fursey, Canon O'Hanlon has...
View ArticleSaint Corbmac of Durrow, June 21
June 21 is the commemoration of one of the abbots of Durrow, the most famous of the monasteries of Saint Columcille in Ireland. Like many of the Irish abbots, Corbmac Ua Liathain was an aristocrat,...
View ArticleSaint Guaire Beg, June 22
Another of the many Irish saints, known only for the recording of his name in the Irish calendars, is recorded at June 22. Canon O'Hanlon can only bring us a few lines on Saint Guaire Beg:St. Guaire...
View ArticleSaint Faelan and the Daughters of Moinan, June 23
Canon O'Hanlon has an interesting notice of a Saint Faelan and the Daughters of Moinan at June 23. They are mentioned together in the Martyrology of Tallaght, yet mention of the holy ladies disappears...
View ArticleSaint Cormac of Senchoimhet, June 24
On June 24 the Irish calendars commemorate a Saint Cormac of Senchoimhet, but details of his name and locality seem to be the only record of him, as Canon O'Hanlon explains:St. Cormac or Corbmac, of...
View ArticleThe Daughter of Mionghar, June 25
The name of one of the many obscure Irish female saints is found on the earliest of the surviving Irish calendars at June 25. This holy lady is even more enigmatic than most, given that we do not have...
View ArticleSaint Duthac, June 26
Canon O'Hanlon has examined the Scottish calendars at June 26 to bring us the name of Saint Duthac. There is a relatively well-known eleventh-century saint of this name commemorated on March 8, Saint...
View ArticleSaint Senic, June 27
I found myself intrigued by the enigmatic reference to the name of Senic, commemorated on June 27. Canon O'Hanlon writes precisely two lines on him, including the detail that his name is Latinized to...
View ArticleSaint Cruimín of Leacan, June 28
June 28 is the commemoration of a saint with Patrician associations - Cruimín of Leacan. In his account below, Canon O'Hanlon gives a good description of the church site associated with the saint and...
View ArticleTwo Ancient Hymns of the Irish Church on St. Peter
Below are the texts and translations of two hymns in honour of Saint Peter, discovered among the manuscripts at the German monastery of Reichenau and republished by Patrick Francis, Cardinal Moran, in...
View ArticleSaints Failbe of Cell Eó, June 30
June 30 is the commemoration of Saint Failbe who is associated in the calendars with the locality of Cell or Cill-Eó. He may or may not be linked to another saint from the same place, Caelán. The...
View ArticleIrish Saints in July
Below is another of Magdalen Rock's useful articles on saints of Ireland commemorated in the various months of the year. For July she has again chosen a selection of saints ranging from the well-known...
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