274 CHRONICLES OF CORNISH SAINTS. VIIL—S. CRANTOCK. 
in them we find it stated that he was the son of Corun, the son of 
Ceredig, the son of Cunedda Wledig; but in an ancient manu- 
script* which gives an account af ae family of Brychan of 
Brecknock, Crantock is stated to be the son, instead of the grand- 
son, of Ceredig; in harmony with the legendary life above- 
mentioned. 
II. With regard to his migration to Ireland and his associa- 
tion with St. Patrick, the following collateral testimonies may be 
adduced :— 
When King Laoghaire and his nobles had professed Christianity, 
St. Patrick, we are told, determined that the Pagan laws should 
be reformed and brought into harmony with the Gospel. For 
this purpose, a Council of nine eminent men was formed, con- 
sisting of three kings, three bards, and three saints. The work 
which they compiled is still extant, bearing the name of Senchus 
Mér,t or Great Antiquity. Their names have been handed down 
to us, and amongst them, as one of the eminent saints chosen 
for this important work, we find the name of Cairnech.—Again, 
as an indication of his ministerial work in Ireland, he is the 
patron saint of Tuilen, now Dulane, an old church and parish near 
the town of Kells, in the county of Meath. Hence we may 
infer that he had a mission station in that place: and, if we may 
give credence to the statement of John of Tynmouth, he must 
have been very successful in his labours, for we are told by him 
that the churches and cities in the region of Legenia were exalted 
under his name, and that he converted districts of Irishmen 
which were enchained by the superstitions of magicians, and was 
honoured by kings. 
- In one of ine Topographical Paes of O'Dubhagin, written 
in the Irish tongue in the 14th Century, and poblched with a 
translation, by the Irish Archzological and Celtic Society in 1862, 
there is the following obscure allusion to three septs, who are 
* Vespasian A. XIV., printed in the Acta Sanctorum, 16 May iii, 585, 
from a transcript, with some additions, communicated by Dugdale. 
+ See Irish Nennius, Appendix, No. xxi, p. ci. 
t ‘‘Laeghaire, Core, Dairi, the hardy; 
Patrick, Benen, Cairnech, the just; 
Rossa, Dubhthach, Ferghus, with science; 
These were the nine pillars of the Senchus Mor.” 
Introduction to Senchus Mor, p. 17. 
