The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran

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an,

t, s

an,

u, s

, so

iu, s

id, s

, so

atrach

e, s

ne,

re, s

ech,

re, s

, s

le,

, s

a, s

imid,

, so

al,

, so

irche,

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of S

ge 70] Ulaid was earthly father of Ciaran. Darerca daught

ine, a w

rerca

of Molt'

eoit the

her [friends and her]8 parents, so that she was given him to wife. Thereafter she bore five sons to him, and this is the order in which they were born: Lucoll her firstborn, Donnan the second, Ciaran the third, Odran the fourth, Cronan the fifth-he was a deacon, but the other four sons were archpresbyters. Furthermore she bore three dau

ous tax. So Beoit went, a-fleeing from that king, into the land of the Connachta, to Cremthann son of Lugaid son of Dallan King of Ireland, to Raith Cremth

ed by Lugbrann the wizard of the

teed he m

et in crad

marvel di

in swathi

king." When the lads went out they saw no one save Beoit and Darerca in the carriage. When the lads mocked the wizard, thus spake he : "The child who is in the womb of t

mthainn. He was baptized by deacon Iustus, for it was fi