OMNIUM SANCTORUM HIBERNIAE

Author: Michele Ainley

  • Saint 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 Senchoimhet.

    In the Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival is mentioned in honour of Cormac of Sencometa, at the 24th of June. He is named Corbmac, and his place is called Senchoimhet, in the Martyrology of Donegal. When he lived is unknown, nor has the locality been identified.Content Copyright © Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae 2012-2015. All rights reserved.

  • Saint 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 from the later calendars. Nothing much seems to be known of any of the parties, although reference is made to a Saint Brigid, daughter of Monan in the Martyrology of Oengus and in Keating’s History of Ireland, published in the seventeenth century:

    St. Foelaine, or Faelan, and the Daughters of Moinan.

    Such is an entry found in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 23rd of June. Nothing more is known, regarding this St. Foelaine and Moinan’s daughters. There is a St. Brigid, said to have been daughter to Monan or Moenan, according to Aengus the Culdee, and Dr. Jeoffry Keating. Whether she was one of the daughters to the Moinan here mentioned must be altogether conjectural and uncertain. In the latest of our great Calendars—that compiled by the O’Clerys—we have no entry regarding these religious ladies, who are noted on the 23rd of June. But, at this same date, in the Martyrologies of Marianus O’Gorman, and of Donegal, merely the name Faelan or Foilan occurs.

     

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  • Saint 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 Beg or Bic, also called Guairius.

    We find the name, Guaire Bic or Beg, mentioned, at the 22nd of June, in the Martyrology of Tallagh. Allusion is made to this St. Guairius or Guairenus, likewise, by Father John Colgan,as having had veneration paid to him, on this day, in the Irish Calendars. Little knowledge of his period or locality  has been obtained. In the Martyrology of Donegal, the record of Guaire Beg, as having been venerated at the 22nd of June, is to be found.
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