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Ó Riain, Pádraig, Four Tipperary saints: The lives of Colum of Terryglass, Crónán of Roscrea, Mochaomhóg of Leigh and Ruadhán of Lorrha, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2014.

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Four Tipperary saints: The lives of Colum of Terryglass, Crónán of Roscrea, Mochaomhóg of Leigh and Ruadhán of Lorrha
Place
Dublin
Publisher
Four Courts Press
Year
2014
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Abstract (cited)
When St Patrick was leaving Munster via the Little Brosna river, close to Tipperary’s northern boundary, he is said to have given a blessing to the province’s people, its men, women and children. Much of this blessing must have lingered over north Tipperary, because no fewer than four of its saints were made the subjects of written Lives, Ruadhán and Colum from the neighbouring parishes of Lorrha and Terryglass, Crónán of Roscrea, and Mochaomhóg of Leigh in Twomileborris. The Lives written for these saints in Latin, translated here for the first time into English, contain much that is of interest, not only to Tipperary people, but to all who wish to know more about the history of early Irish Christianity. Written many centuries after the golden age of the saints, these texts tell us a great deal about the fortunes of their churches, and about the aims and associations of the communities devoted to them. Pádraig Ó Riain, in this new translation, gives access to these four Lives to a brand new audience.
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Colum of TerryglassColum of Terryglass
patron saint of Tír Dá Glas (Terryglass, Co. North Tipperary)
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Crónán of RoscreaCrónán (Mo Chua) of Roscrea
Mo Chua of Roscrea
also Mo Chua, patron saint of Ros Cré (Roscrea, Co. North Tipperary)
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Mo Chóemóc of LeamakevogeMo Chóemóc of Leamakevoge
(supp. fl. 6th/7th century)
Mo Chóemóc of Leigh
Mo Chóemóc (modern form: Mochaomhóg), pet form of Cóemán, is saint and reputed founder of Liath Mo Chóemóc (Leamakevoge, Leigh/Leighmore, Co. Tipperary).
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Ruadán of LorrhaRuadán of Lorrha
(d. 584)
Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn
(time-frame ass. with Díarmait mac Cerbaill)
Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn, patron saint of Lothra (Lorrha, Co. North Tipperary)
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2014, last updated: May 2023