Maolán

Maolán

Maolán

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Maolán was an early Christian bishop in Connacht, whose feast day is given as 25 December. He is the reputed founder of a church at Tullaghmelan in County Tipperary.[1]

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His name is listed in the Martyrology of O'Gorman under 25 December and he is described as 'Great Maelan, void of weakness.'[2] An ancient stone carving of a bishop's head at Tullaghmelan is believed to be St. Maolan.[3]

He is commemorated in the placnames Cill Easpaig Mhaoláin (the church of Bishop Maolán) or Killaspugmoylan, parish of Kilconickny, Loughrea) and Cill Mhaoláin (the church of Maolán) or Kilmoylan, a parish four miles south of Tuam. It is likely that one or more saints with this name have become conflated as there were at least 6 saints commemorated in medieval Ireland named Maolan/Maelan.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Marcella. "Saint Maolán of Tullaghmelan, December 25". Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. [2]
    Marcella. "Saint Maolán of Tullaghmelan, December 25". Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Medieval sculpture". Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. [4]
    O'Clery, Michael; O'Donovan, John; Reeves, William; Todd, James Henthorn (1864). The martyrology of Donegal : a calendar of the saints of Ireland. Oxford University. Dublin : Printed for the Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society by A. Thom.
  • Early Ecclesiastical Settlement Names of County Galway, Dónall Mac Giolla Easpaig, in Galway:History and Society, 1996, pp. 802–03.


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