Manchán, Mainchín, Manchéne and a variety of other spellings may refer to:
Places
*
Manaccan, south
Cornwall,
England,
United Kingdom.
People
Saints
* Ireland
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Mainchín of Limerick
Mainchín mac Setnai (''fl''. late 6th century), also anglicised to Munchin, was allegedly the founder of the church of Luimneach (now Limerick), Ireland, and a saint in Irish tradition, acquiring special eminence as patron of Limerick City.Johnsto ...
(''fl''. late 6th century), son of Sétna, patron saint of Limerick. Feast day: 29 December.
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Manchán of Lemanaghan (d. 665), son of Sillán, patron of Liath Mancháin, now Lemanaghan, in County Offaly. Feast day: 20 or 24 January.
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Manchán of Min Droichit
Manchán of Min Droichit ( Manchéne, ''Manchianus'' died c. 652) was an Irish scholar and Abbot.
Biography
Manchán la, Maencha was an Irish scholar and abbot of ga, Min Droichit, Meanadroichit, now Mondrehid, in the barony of Upper Ossory, C ...
(d. 652), also Manchéne, scholar and abbot of Min Droichit (Co. Offaly). Feast day: 2 January.
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Mainchín of Corann, son of Collán. Feast day: 13 January.
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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
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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, county Roscommon. Invoked against disease.
* Scotland
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St Machan
Machan or Machanus was a twelfth-century Scottish saint. He was educated in Ireland and was ordained as a bishop in Rome. He is known for his missionary work around Clachan of Campsie (or Campsie Glen), near Glasgow. Machan built a small chapel ...
, 12th century Scottish Saint.
* Wales
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Mawgan, Meugan, Meigant, (fl. 5th or 6th century), refers to one or two
Brythonic
Brittonic or Brythonic may refer to:
*Common Brittonic, or Brythonic, the Celtic language anciently spoken in Great Britain
*Brittonic languages, a branch of the Celtic languages descended from Common Brittonic
*Britons (Celtic people)
The Br ...
saints of
Cornwall/
Brittany (Mawgan) and
Wales (Meugan).
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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) in Wales.
First name
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Manchán Magan
Manchán Magan is an Irish writer, traveller, author, and television programme maker.
Career
Magan has made over 70 travel documentaries focusing on issues of world cultures and globalisation, 12 of them packaged under the Global Nomad series w ...
, Irish poem writer
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