Manchán, Mainchín, Manchéne and a variety of other spellings may refer to:

Places

Manaccan Manaccan (; kw, Manahan) is a civil parish and village on the Lizard peninsula in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is about five miles (8 km) south-southwest of Falmouth. The origin of the name Manaccan is probably derived ...

, south

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

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People

Saints

* Ireland ** Mainchín of Limerick (''fl''. late 6th century), son of Sétna, patron saint of Limerick. Feast day: 29 December. **

Manchán of Lemanaghan Saint Manchán mac Silláin (died 664), ''Manchianus'' in Latin sources, is the name of an early Irish saint, patron of Liath Mancháin, now Lemanaghan, in County Offaly.Stalmans and Charles-Edwards, "Meath, saints of (act. ''c''.400–''c''.900 ...

(d. 665), son of Sillán, patron of Liath Mancháin, now Lemanaghan, in County Offaly. Feast day: 20 or 24 January. ** Manchán of Min Droichit (d. 652), also Manchéne, scholar and abbot of Min Droichit (Co. Offaly). Feast day: 2 January. **

Mainchín of Corann Mainchín mac Colláin was an Irish saint in Corran who is supposed to have flourished in the late 5th or 6th century. Biography Mainchín mac Colláin is commemorated on 13 January in the Martyrology of Tallaght, the Martyrology of Gorman and ...

, son of Collán. Feast day: 13 January. **

Manchán of Mohill Manchan, enm, Manachain, Mainchin, Manachain, Managhan, Monahan, abbr=midEng, la, Manchianus, Mancenus, Manichchaeus, Monahan, cy, Maucannus, Maucann, Mancan, Mancen, Maucan or Moucan., name=namevariants ,, enm, Moithla, Moethla, Maethla, ...

, (d. 538), linked to Mohill, co. Leitrim and his Shrine. Feast day: 14 February **

Manchán of Athleague Saint Maonacan, otherwise Manchan ( ga, Manchán, enm, Mancheanus, Maenucan, Maonacan, Moenagain, abbr=midEng, floruit, fl. A.D. 500) of Athleague ( ga, Ath-Liag, "the stony-ford of St. Manchan" or "ford of flagstones", ), was an early Irish C ...

, (fl. 500), patron saint of

Athleague Athleague () is a village and a parish in the Diocese of Elphin on the River Suck in the west of Ireland in County Roscommon, near the town of Roscommon. Its church was founded sometime around 500 by Maenucan Atha Liacc ('Maonagán of Athlea ...

, county Roscommon. Invoked against disease. * Scotland ** St Machan, 12th century Scottish Saint. * Wales ** Mawgan, Meugan, Meigant, (fl. 5th or 6th century), refers to one or two Brythonic saints of

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...

(Mawgan) and

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

(Meugan). **

Mannacus Mybbard and Mancus were two Cornish saints of the 6th century. Meubred Mybbard (Mewbred or Mebbred),also known as Calrogus was a 6th century hermit and is a local Cornish saint said to be the son of a King of Ireland. Very little is known ...

, 6th century,

Caer Gybi (fort) Caer Gybi was a small fortlet in Roman Wales in the Roman province of Britannia Superior. Its name in Latin is unknown. Today it stands at the centre of Holyhead in the Welsh county of Anglesey. Holyhead is named ''Caergybi'' in Welsh, after the ...

in Wales.

First name

* Manchán Magan, Irish poem writer {{given name, hndis fr:Machan de Lemanaghan