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but in that of. Mac Cann, it occurs frequently. As ilcCann andMcGann, 

 it is still a living one, often met -with. We can recognise this 

 name in the Gaulish forms of Granna (Gruter, 853, 9), and Grannica 

 (Momsen, 201). 



We have here Mae, the nominative case, in place of the usual 

 genitive, Maqi. The patronymic is Deglann, a well recognised name 

 connected with the province of Munster. Declan or Deglan was the 

 patron saint of the Decies, and flourished at Ardmore, in the fifth 

 century. It is curious that there is no notice of this remarkable 

 personage either in the 'Annals of the Four Masters" or in the 

 "Chronicon Scotorum." 



sEK. ii.,vol. t. ror.. lit. and axtiq. 2 E 



