Áth dá Loarg
Community ID:
1170
Alternate Names:
Ath-da-laarg / Vadum Duarum Furcarum / Áth dá Loarcc / Áth dá Laracc
Town:
Kells
Diocese:
Meath
Region:
Meath
Medieval Location:
Ath-da-loarc, across from Kells, on R. Blackwater
Date Founded:
440-500 (circa)
Foundation Information:
St. Patrick
First Members:
Cathacus, Cathurus, Catneus, brothers, and Catnea, their sister
Notable Heads:
St. Comgella (Comgilla) and bishop Cethiac
Published Primary Sources:
Félire húi Gormáin. The martyrology of Gorman, 230; The tripartite life of Patrick, with other documents relating to that Saint, 72, 104; Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster otherwise Annala Senait, Annals of Senat: a chronicle of Irish affairs from A.D. 431 to A.D. 1540, i. 458; Martyrology of Donegal: A Calendar of the Saints of Ireland, 324; The book of Lecan. Leabhar mór Mhic Fhir Bhisigh Leacain, 452.
Contributors:
R. Eickwort
Contributors Notes:
Mentioned in Book of Kells, 27a
Length:
430
