Saint Daman
Damán of TÃgh-Damáin, in Uà Criomhthannain.The martyrology of Donegal : a calendar of the saints of Ireland, pg 47. He was of the Dál Cormaic of the Leinster Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir ...men and a brother of St. Abbán and St. Senach of Cill-mór. His feast-day is February 12. References Medieval Irish saints {{Ireland-saint-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dál Cormaic
Dál Cormaic (also Clann Cormaic, Uà Cormaic Lagen, Moccu Corbmaic) were a Gaelic dynasty located in South Kildare. People Abbán moccu Corbmaic St. Abbán had six brothers: Daman Uà Chormaic of TÃgh Damhain (Tidowan), in the barony of Marybouragh, Co. Laois; Miacca Uà Cormaic of Cluain Fodhla in Fiodhmar (borders Uà Duach/Bally FÃodhmor, Ossory); Senach Uà Chormaic of Cillmór; Lithghean Uà Chormaic of Cluain Mór Lethghian in Uà Failge (Barony Ophaly, Co. Kildare); Dubhan Uà Chormaic; Toimdeach Uà Chormaic of Rosglas, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare. Artacan mac Taidcg Artacan ''mac''Taidcg, mac Sinill, mac Anchoraig, mac S''ia''dalta, mac Maeluidir, mac h-Iuin, mac Colmain, mac Cuirc, mac Fergusa, mac Cormaic, mac Con-Chorb. Cenannáin mac Ceise Cenannáin was the father of St. Sinchell (the younger) and Mincloth, mother of Coluim mac Crimthaind. The Cloonmorris Ogham stone in Leitrim is said to be the burial place of Cenannáin. His ancestry is given as Cenannà ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leinster
Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ireland The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanc ..., the historic provinces of Ireland, "fifths" of Leinster and Meath gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled both, thereby forming the present-day province of Leinster. The ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties of Ireland#2.1 Pre-Norman sub-divisions, counties for administrative and judicial purposes. In later centuries, local government legislation has prompted further sub-division of the historic counties. Leinster has no official funct ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abbán
Abbán moccu Corbmaic ( la, Abbanus; d. 520? AD), also Eibbán or Moabba, is a saint in Irish tradition. He was associated, first and foremost, with Mag Arnaide (Moyarney or Adamstown, County Wexford, near New Ross) and with Cell Abbáin (Killabban, County Laois).Ó Riain, "Abbán" His order was, however, also connected to other churches elsewhere in Ireland, notably that of his alleged sister Gobnait. Sources Three recensions of Abbán's ''Life'' survive, two in Latin and one in Irish. The Latin versions are found in the ''Codex Dublinensis'' and the ''Codex Salmanticensis'', while the Irish version is preserved incomplete in two manuscripts: the MÃcheál Ó Cléirigh's manuscript Brussels, Royal Library MS 2324–40, fos. 145b-150b and also the RIA, Stowe MS A 4, pp. 205–21. These ''Lives'' probably go back to a Latin exemplar written in ''ca''. 1218 by the bishop of Ferns, Ailbe Ua MaÃl Mhuaidh (Ailbe O'Mulloy), who died in 1223. His interest in Abbán partly stemme ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |