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ALL THE SAINTS OF IRELAND

  • Saint 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 Duthac of Ross, whom the sources do seem to link to Ireland. Whether June 26 is a secondary feast of the patron of Ross or whether he is another saintly bishop of the same name is not made clear in the few lines that Canon O’Hanlon contributes, for his main aim is to stake a claim to him for the original Scotti – the Irish:

    St. Duthac.

    In the Scottish Kalendar of Hyrdmanistown, and in that of Nova Farina, we have a festival entered, at the 26th of June, for St. Duthac, a Bishop and Confessor. We know not whether by birth he belonged to Ireland or to Scotland; however, in this, as in many similar cases, we desire to include his name among our Celtic saints.Content Copyright © Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae 2012-2015. All rights reserved.

  • The 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 her Christian name, only that of her father. Canon O’Hanlon can only bring us a couple of lines:

    The Daughter of Mionghar.

    In the Martyrology of Tallagh, we find the entry, Ingena Ninguir, at this date. The daughter of Mionghar was venerated at the 25th of June, as we find recorded, in the Martyrology of Donegal.

     

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  • 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.