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Many legends are told of Saint Colman and of his holy well with its sacred ducks. In former days a large pond supplied from the well, where for ages after St. Colman's death a number of ducks were kept, which were believed to be under the saint's special protection, and on this account were regarded with affection and treated with great tenderness.
Saint Dabheog is the patron saint and a founder of a monastery on an island in Lough Derg, a lake in County Donegal, Ireland, near the town of Pettigo and shouldering the border of counties Donegal and Fermanagh. His feast day is 16 December.
Meath saint whose status as patron saint of Rahan was later eclipsed by that of Mo Chutu 16 May if he is identical to Mo Chamal [12] Cassan/Cascan Irish Kilcaskan, Co. Cork (Munster) He was called the son of Maenach and was a brother of St. Fachnan of Ross. 17 Jun [60] [61] Caomhán (Cavan, Kevin) 6th century Inisheer: 14 June [62] Caoimhe ...
Enslaved, threatened, targeted. Ireland's patron saint was a survivor. Gannett. Tamela Baker, The Herald-Mail. ... CBS News. IRS sending up to $1,400 to 1 million people. Here's who qualifies ...
Brigid of Kildare (c. 451 – 525), nicknamed "Mary of the Gaels," is also named as Ireland's patron saint, a companion to Patrick or even Ireland's "matron saint." [61] [62] [58] Columba or Colmcille (521–597) is also a patron saint of Ireland; the three are claimed to be buried together at Downpatrick. [63] [64]
Blaise is a saint in the Catholic, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches and is the patron saint of wool combers and of sufferers from ENT illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February. In the Eastern Churches, it is on 11 February.
Saint Lughaidh, better known by his pet name of Moluag, was an Irish noble of the Dál nAraide [6] (one of the main tribes of the Ulaid in what is now called Ulster). There are various Irish forms of the name, such as Lughaidh (or Lugaid), Luoc and Lua. Latinized they become Lugidus, Lugidius, Lugadius, Lugacius and Luanus.
Senán mac Geircinn (fl. 6th century) was an Irish Christian minister. He was a resident of Munster and is important in Irish tradition, as founder of Inis Cathaigh (Scattery Island, Iniscathy) and patron of the Corco Baiscinn and the Uí Fhidgeinte. [2] He is listed among the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. [3]