526 CORNISH DEDICATIONS. 



Eegister as S. Credus, 1331 and 1332. In Bishop Stafford's 

 Eegister he becomes 8. Sancreotus, but in the Taxation of Pope 

 Nicholas he is S. Credus. He went to Ireland and settled at 

 Aghamanach in Moyne and Ballinachor in the County of 

 Wicklow. It is " The plain of the monks," encircled by 

 sheltering hills in a highly romantic situation. Not far off, are 

 the townlands of East and West Macreddin or Moycredin, the 

 Magh, or plain, of S. Credan. Illadhan, his father, was son of 

 Cormac, king of Leinster, who abdicated in 535, and became a 

 monk. His great-aunts were baptized by S. Patrick about 460. 

 The aunts of S. Credan were, as I hope to show later on, 

 the founders of a church at Camborne, and one at Sithney. As 

 Illadhan died about 560, we may suppose that Credan died in 

 590. 



As already stated, {see S. Carantoc, p. 501), Credan seems 

 to have been associated for a while with S. Cairnech of Oriel 

 (Donnycarney), who is to be distinguished from Cairnech or 

 Carantoc, who lived earlier. 



S. Credan's day in the Irish Calendars is May 11. 



S. Crkwemna, Virgin. 



This Saint, according to Leland and William of Worcester 

 was one of the party of Irish that came over and settled in 

 Penwith and Kirrier at the dawn of the 6th Century. 



The Parish Church of Crowan is dedicated to her, and her 

 feast is observed on February 2. 



The Bollandists gave her on Oct. 27. 



The name is common in the Irish Calendars as Croine. 

 She has left her name at Kilcrony, in Wicklow. She was of the 

 race of Maine, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Ainmire, 

 King of Ireland, 568-571, was her brother. Her father was 

 Setna Mac Ere, son of Fergus, son of Conall Gulbain, son of 

 Niall. Her day in the Irish Calendars is January 27. She had, 

 however, a kinswoman of the same name, also a saint, com- 

 memorated on July 7. 



