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1. St Sinech - Patroness of Crohane (continued)

   

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   written by St. Aengus, the Culdee, about the year A.D. 800. It is a metrical composition in which at each day one or more saints are commemorated in a stanza of four lines. Explanatory notes were inserted between lines or in the margin either by Aengus himself, or some later writer. I give here the stanza recording the memory of St. Sinech from the "Martyrology of Aengus the Culdee" edited with translation and notes by Whitley Stokes, London 1905 :- 111 nonas Octobris, Blog dond luc logmair, la slog martir namrae, Sinech ingen Fergna Cruachan Maige Abnac Translation October 5th. A fragment of the precious stone, With a host of marvellous martyrs, Sinech, Fergnae's daughter, of Cruachan maige Abnac. Notes. A fragment of the precious stone, i.e. Sinech, daughter of Fergnae, or good (ergna)

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   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Mary O' Shea

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Crohane Lower, Co. Tipperary