On May 24 we remember a Saint Ultan, distinguished only by his patronymic. Canon O’Hanlon can say only this of him:

St. Ultan, Son of Aedhghen.

The Martyrology of Donegal, mentions a festival, on this day, in honour of Ultan, son of Aedhghen.

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On May 23 the Irish calendars record the commemoration of a saintly bishop, but Saint Nechtlic is one of the many Irish saints for whom we have no other details. Canon O’Hanlon shares what the calendars record:

St. Nechtlaice, or Nechtlic, Bishop.

The name Nechtliacc, Bishop, is venerated, in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 23rd of May. The Bollandists, in like manner, commemorated Nechtlagius Episcopus, at the same date; but, we find no means of knowing when he flourished, or where he presided over any See. It is entered, likewise, in the Martyrology of Donegal, that Nechtlic, Bishop, had a festival on this day.

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On the Irish calendars April 23 is primarily the feast of Saint Ibar, but he shares the day with a much more obscure saint, Meithcearn, of whom all we know is the recording of his name in the calendars, as Canon O’Hanlon explains:

St. Meithcearn.

On this day, according to the Martyrology of Donegal, there was a festival in honour of Meithcearn. We can find nothing more to throw light on this saint’s memory.

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