[573] _Lapasperi_ is obviously the gen. of _Lapasper_, a corruption of _Lapis asper_ (rough stone). This seems to be a Latin rendering of Cairngarroch (= _Carn garbh_), a name which occurs three times on the shores of Wigtownshire. One of the places so called, on the west coast of Luce Bay, may be set aside. The other two are seven or eight miles apart, within sight of the Bangor coast, and nearly equidistant from it; one in the parish of Stoneykirk, the other (now known as Rough Cairn) in the parish of Geswalt. The late Sir Andrew Agnew (_op. cit._ p. 59) regarded the latter as the place referred to in the text on grounds which do not seem conclusive. Cairngarroch in Stoneykirk is to be preferred for two reasons: it is more easily approached from inland than its rival; and it has impressed its name on the actual coast-line, which the other has not done; "Cairngarroch Bay" is equivalent to _Port Cairn garbh_, and that to the _Portus Lapasperi_ of the text. This identification was first proposed by O'Hanlon (p. 81); and its probability is increased now that the position of St. Michael's Church has been fixed (see preceding note). But one of his arguments in favour of it, based on the name of the parish, is fallacious; for "Stoneykirk" has nothing to do with stones: it is a late corruption of Steiniekirk = St. Stephen's Church. [574] Mark i. 32, 34. [575] For the passage here omitted see Appendix, p. 171. CHAPTER VI _St. Malachy's Apostolic Labours, Praises and Miracles._ [Sidenote: 1140, October]