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Veran, Aelran, and Petran. Floddard also makes mention of 

 the arrival of these Saints. The party of Irish Missionaries 

 reached Eheims whilst S. Eemigius occupied the see (459-533). 



The old name for Wexford Harbour was Loch-Garman, but 

 whether it took its name from our Saint, the son of Goil, we 

 have no means of judging. 



Though Germoc may have been of royal descent, he was 

 hardly a "King, and would be more appropriately figured with a 

 harp, than crowned. There is a fresco of him in Breage Church. 

 The date of his death would be about 530. The day of S. German 

 Mac Goil in the Irish Calendars is July 30. 



Germoe Feast is on the first Thursday in May. 



William of Worcester says that his Day was June 24. 



In the church-yard of Germoe is a singular structure, 

 whether a tomb cannot be told. It is called S. Germoe's Chair. 

 It existed in the time of Leland. There is also the Holy Well 

 of the Saint near the Church. 



S. GiDGEY, Virgin. 

 The name is a corruption of Lidy, whose body reposed at 

 S. Issey. There was, and there is now, a chapel in the parish of 

 S. Issey bearing her name ; at Canalidgey, a farm also preserves 

 the name in a less corrupt form. 



The church of S. Issey was dedicated to S. Ida or Itha, and 

 was supposed to preserve the bodies of SS. Ida and Lidy. Lidy 

 may have been a disciple of S. Itha sent to Cornwall to found 

 there a daltha or pupil church. 



The chapel of S. Gidgey was formerly called Sanzidgey. 



She is probably the Irish Luigsech of Droma-da-dart. 



Her day, according to the Tallaght and Donegal Calendars, 

 is May 22. 



She had companions Aghna and Caissin. As she belonged 

 to the S.W. of Ireland, she may have been of Itha's house, and 

 brought over by S. Petrock to found a College for women in 

 Cornwall, observing Itha's rules. 



