Westropp — Oil the Churches of County Clare. J 09 



■*Inghean Baoith of Kilnaboy, March 29tli,^ December 29th ; wells 

 at Kilnaboy, Commons, Glensleade, Quakerstown, Killavella, 

 Dulick in Templemaley, Kiltachy, Kilshanny, Aglish, Moy 

 Ibricane, Magowna, Ballycoree, Shallee (two), Cullann, Castle- 

 town (Clooney), Drumumna and Quin. 



Perhaps daughter of Mobaoi, of Cluan Fhionnabhair (Clooney 

 of Kilfenora), December 14 ;^ his mother was of Loop Head. 

 A certain " Columb inghen Baiti," March 23rd, is named. ^ 

 Ethne and Sodelb, daughters of Baoith, founded Donabate 

 Church, in county Dublin. 



*Ita of Killeedy, January 15th, Hying 551.* She is alleged to have 

 founded a church in Southern Clare. 



KiEEAK of Kilkerin, Clonderlaw, locally " Keereen," wells there and 

 at Kilnasoola. Perhaps of Clonmacnoise. 



Latjghteen of Kilnamona, chui'ch and well, and the wells at Kil- 

 farboy and Stacpoole's Bridge, near Miltown Malbay ; the 

 reliquary of his arm was preserved at Kilnamona for some time,* 

 and thence sent to Lislachtin, Kerry. He is mos^ probably 

 Lachtin, friend of St. Senan, c. 550,^ and gave his name to 

 Autkeenlaughteen at Kilnamona. 



LoNAK- of Killaspuglonan ; also of Killilagh and Clooney (in Kil- 

 fenora) church and wells, and Derrynavahagh well m Kilmoon 

 Parish. A friend of Maccreehy,'' c. 550. 



Ltjchtigheen, son of Cutrito,® of Tomfinlough, and perhaps of Inis- 

 dimain (Ennistymon, or Moy Inisdia). A friend of Maccreehy, 

 c. 550,^ April 13th, as kept in parish in 1839. April 28th, in 

 Calendar of Oengus.^" 



Macckeeht, Maccreiche, or Maccreeius, of Kilmacreehy, a disciple of 

 Ailbe of Emly, who died 540, having lived to an advanced age, 

 founding Kilmacreehy, Kilmanaheen, and Inagh chui'ches, about 

 580. April 11th (D) : his curious Latin " Life " is extant. 



1 0, pp. 58, 65, Dec. 29th at Kilnaboy. 2 D, p. 335. 



3 Colgan, Act. SS. Ill, and D, pp. 86, 87. * Tighernach. 



^ Bruodin's " Propugnaculum Catholicae veritatis." 



« " Vita S. Senani." ' Vita S. Maccrecii. 



8 See O'Hanlon's "Lives of the Irish Saints," iv., April 28th ; " Martyrology 

 of Tallaght and Bollandists " ; "Act. SS." iii., p. 546; "Martyrology of Done- 

 gal," pp. 112, 113. He was pupil of Ruadhan, of Lorrha (Colgan), "Act. SS.," 

 13th March ; "Life of Maccreehy," xx. and xxi.) 



» Vita S. Maccrecii. ■>" P. 77. 



