Scéla Guairi meic Colmáin ocus Óenu moccu Loígse
Background information
References in the Annals of Ulster, the Annals of the Four Masters, the Annals of Tigernach,
the Chronicon Scotorum and the Annals of Inisfallen
U549.1 The falling asleep of the son of the wright, i.e. Ciarán, in the 33rd year of his age or in the 7th after he had begun to build Cluain Moccu Nóis.
M569.2 St. Oenna Mac Ua Laighisi, Abbot of Cluain Mic Nois, died.
T569.2 Aonnu great-grandson of Laigis, abbot of Clonmacnois, rested i.e. Eanna son of Eogain of Laigis Raeda, holding the principality for 36 years.
CS570 Oenu moccu Láigsi, abbot of Cluain moccu Nóis, [i.e. the son of Eógan of the Laigis, having held his abbacy for 36 years,] rested.
AI570.1 Repose of Aenu, abbot of Cluain Moccu Nóis.
U570.2 Aenu, abbot of Cluain Moccu Nóis, fell asleep.
M662.6 Guaire (i.e. Aidhne), son of Colman, King of Connaught, died.
U663.1 Death of Guaire of Aidne.
T663.1 Guaire of Aidne died, and his burial at Clonmacnois.
Related saga online: Cath Cairnd Chonaill (The Battle of Carn Conaill)
Whitley Stokes (ed. & tr.), Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, 3, 1901, pp. 204-219, 572-573.
Digital Edition at Archive.org: Part 1 (pp. 204-219); Part 2 (pp. 572-573); Irish text at CELT; English translation at CELT; Irish text at Archive.org (pp. 288-292); Irish text at NLS.uk (pp. 288-292 (344-348)); Irish text at CELT; Irish text at CELT
Related saga online:
Scéla Colmáin meic Duach ocus Guairi meic Colmáin (The story of Colmán mac Duach and Guaire mac Colmáin)
Whitley Stokes (ed. & tr.), Three Legends from the Brussels Manuscript 5100-4, Revue Celtique, 26, 1905, pp. 372-377.
Digital Edition at Archive.org (pp. 372-377); Irish text at TLH; English translation at TLH
J. G. O’Keeffe (ed. & tr.), Colman Mac Duach and Guaire, Ériu, 1, 1904, pp. 43-48.
Digital Edition at Archive.org (pp. 43-48 (57-62)); Digital Edition at JSTOR; Irish text at TLH; English translation at TLH
Related saga online:
Scéla Guairi meic Colmáin ocus Meic Teléne (The Story of Guaire mac Colmáin and Mac Teléne)
J. G. O’Keeffe (ed. & tr.), Mac Dá Cherda and Cummaine Foda, Ériu, 5, 1911, pp. 26-33.
Digital Edition at JSTOR (pp. 26-33)
Related poem online:
Kuno Meyer (ed. & tr.), King and Hermit:a Colloquy between King Guaire of Aidne and His Brother Marban, (London: David Nutt, London, 1901), pp. 10-21.
Digital Edition at Archive.org (pp. 10-21); Irish text at Archive.org (pp. 455-457); English translation at Hermitary.com
Lives of Saints from the Book of Lismore (Stokes)
p. 275 Once Ciarán was in Inis Angin, and he heard a noise in the harbour. He said to the brethren: ‘Go,’ saith he, ‘to meet the makings of your abbot.’ When they reached the harbour, they found no one there but a heathen youth. They tell that to Ciarán. ‘Go nevertheless again for him, (for) it is manifest to me by his voice, that it is he who will be your abbot after me.’ Then the youth was brought into the island to Ciarán and Ciarán tonsured him, and he read with him; and that was Enna Mac-Húi-Laigsi, a holy man admirable to the Lord; and it was he who became abbot after Ciarán.
D = The Martyrology of Donegal (O’Donovan)
O = The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee (Stokes)
D: 20 January, Aenna Ua Laighsigh, successor of Ciaran at Cluain-mic-Nois. He is of the race of Laeighseach Leann-mhor, son of Conall Cearnach (See Section 1), p. 25 (87)
O: 20 January, Enna, great-grandson of Laigse, Ciarán’s successor. Oengus was his name, and of Leix was he and in Tír Ua n-Énna on the brink of (the river) Rodba is his church, i.e. Tech Óin.
Aenna son of Laigse, i.e. Oengus his name. Of Leix in Leinster was he. He and two gillies along with him went to go into military service to the king of Connaught. In passing over Lough Ree westward, he came to the port of Inis Clothrann. Ciarán happened to be then in the island, and he said: ‘Bring in the warrior, for he is a man with God’s grace, and he it is that will take my coarbship after me.’ So Oengus is brought in. ‘To what place is thy road?’ says Ciarán. ‘To the king of Connaught,’ says the youth. ‘Were it not better for thee to contract with the King of heaven and earth?’ says Ciarán. ‘If it be proper,’ says the youth, ‘it is better.’ ‘It is,’ says Ciarán. Then his hair is clipt and he is fostered in the church and he took Ciarán’s coarbship afterwards, as Ciarán prophesied.
Oenu maccu-Laigsi, a successor of Ciarán of Clúain (maccu Nois). Oengus was his name (See Section 1), p. 37 (96), pp. 49-51 (108-110)
D: 9 September, Ciarán, son of the carpenter, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois (See Section 1), pp. 241-243 (303-305)
G: 9 September, Ciaran, the carpenter’s son, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois (See Section 1), p. 173
O: 9 September, Ciarán of Clúain (See Section 1), p. 193 (252), pp. 203-205 (262-265)
R = The Rennes Dindshenchas (Stokes), Revue Celtique, 15-16, 1894-1895
M = The Metrical Dindshenchas (Gwynn)
B = The Bodleian Dinnshenchas (Stokes), Folklore, 3, 1892
R: Mag n-Aidni §62 (See Section 1), Part 2, pp. 460, (‘Mag n-Aidni’)
M: Mag nAidni (See Section 1), Volume 3, pp. 331-333, pp. 537-538
B: Mag nAidne §22 (See Section 1), p. 489, (‘Mag nAidne’)
Wikipedia
Egerton 1782
Cycles of the Kings
Óenu moccu Loigse (d. 570); Abbots of Clonmacnoise
Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin (d. 663); Kings of Connacht; Kings of Uí Fiachrach Aidne; Uí Fiachrach Aidne
Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (d. 549); Abbots of Clonmacnoise; Saints of Ireland
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