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world into a monastery, and became an intimate friend of S. 

 Canice, who calls him "one of my monks," or, in another copy, 

 "one of my friends." S. Canice was a pupil of S. Cadoc 

 of Llancarvan. One day he told his monks that he had heard 

 the voice of Senach Eon calling him, as from a great distance, 

 and that he knew he was dead, but that he had striven with 

 Satan to save the soul of his disciple. Senach Ron had been 

 killed in the South of Leinster. Senach was of Inverk in the 

 Bouth-west of Ossory which was occupied by his clan, the Huy 

 Ercc, and was a cousin of S. Colman of Iverk. 



One day Findach, a robber, came to the church near the 

 house where Creid was, and concealed himself in a thorn tree 

 above the Holy Well, hard by, waiting for an opportunity to 

 break into the church and rob it. 



Whilst he was there concealed, Crida or Creid came to the 

 well to wash her hands. Findach, beholding her beauty, forgot 

 about the church treasure and carried her ofi, instead. By him 

 she became the mother of S. Boethin, who is commemorated on 

 May 22. 



In the Felire of Aengus she is spoken of thus : — 

 " Cred, good was the woman, 

 Daughter of Eonan, King of Leinster. 

 With her loveable church, constant, pure, 

 Mother of Boethin, son of Findach." 



In the Martyrology of Donegal, on August 11, is the 

 commemoration of "the Daughter of Senach," but it does not 

 give her name. 



She had a church at Kilcredy, in the deanery of Ida, 

 dedicated to her, and that was probably the place of her 

 residence. Another of her churches is Kilcready in Upper 

 Ossory. These two churches, and another in Eosture, now 

 Eosmore, near Kilmanagh, are the only mementos of her 

 existence in the land. 



Aedh, son of Senach, was one of the ecclesiastics who 

 accompanied S. Moling, Bishop of Ferns, about 673, to obtain 

 the remission of the Boromsean tribute of cows paid by the 

 Leinster men to the King of Ireland. It has been supposed that 

 he was brother of S. Creid, but it is hardly possible to put 

 Crida so late. S. Canice, her father's friend, died at the age of 



