Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Ernán of Midluachair
Introduction
In MG gloss he is from ‘Midhluachra icCill na saccart’. At the ecclesiastical site at Kilnasaggart in Co. Armagh there is a pillar-stone bearing the following inscription: In loc so tanimmairni Ernohc mac Ceran bic er cul Peter apstel – ‘this place thy Ernóc son of Cérán the Little bequeathed it under the protection of Apostle Peter’ (Mart. G, 300.) Ernán mac Ciaráin is not visible in the martyrologies but he is present in the genealogies, while Ernán of Midluachair is in the former (though not in Mart. T) but absent from the latter. cf Ternóc m. Ciarán. The only other ref to Midlúachair in the martyrologies is in relation to the famous highwayman Glunsalach, who in the genealogies is related to Ernán mac Ciaráin (Mart. Do June 3; Rec. Met. 662.212) Ó Riain combines this saint, Ternóc m. Ciarán qv and Marnock of Kilmarnock qv (Ó Riain, Dictionary, 453)
Associated places
Midluachair (Mart. G gloss): The Slige Midlúachra was a great road from Tara through the Moyry Pass into Ulaid; its exact course has not been determined (Hogan, Onomasticon). Cell na Saccart (Mart. G gloss): Kilnasaggart is in the Armagh parish of Forkhill (Hogan, Onomasticon; Ó Riain, Dictionary, 453)
Related Saints
Belongs to the group Ernán, Ernaíne, Mo Ernóc, Marnan (ns) (certain)
Same as Ternóc m. Ciaráin (probable)
Feast days
Day of Year
Oct 26
Calendar
Source code
Mart. G
Source title
Martyrology of Gorman
Editors
Stokes, Whitley
Year
1895
Notes
Full title is Félire Húi Gormáin, The Martyrology of Gorman edited from a manuscript in the Royal library, Brussels, with a preface, translation, notes and indices. It is published by the Henry Bradshaw Society.
Quote from source
Ernain gloss: Michluachra icCill na saccart.
Day of Year
Oct 26
Calendar
Source code
Mart. Do.
Source title
The Martyrology of Donegal
Editors
Todd, J. H.
Year
1864
Notes
Other author to be specified.
Quote from source
Ernain Miodhluachra, ó Chill na saccart.
Saint in place-names
Names
| Place known as | Name (plus degree of certainty that this saint is commemorated here) |
| Inchmarnock, North Bute | Inchmarnock (maybe) |
| Kilmarnock, ~eccles. Inverchaolain | Kilmarnock (maybe) |
| Kilmarnock, ~eccles. Kilmarnock AYR | Kilmarnock (probable) |
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