_Ib._—Dichu. The proof of Dichu’s reality[349] is supplied by the petition (Muirchu 296₁₀) _ut nepotes Dichon qui te benigne susceperunt misericordiam mereantur et non pereant_. _Nepotes Dichon_ means the Hy Dichon, Dichu’s tribe; and, though _susceperunt_ may be an error for _suscepit_, the text is not inconsistent with the story. There is further confirmation in the independent testimony to the existence of Rus or Ros, son of Trechim, said to have been Dichu’s brother. (See Appendix, C, 12; on the _Senchus Mór_.) Rus is said to have lived at Derlus (V₂ c. 31 = V₄ c. 37, _Vit. Trip._ p. 38, cp. V₃ c. 33), which was at Mrechtan, now Bright. It has been conjectured that the Castle of Bright stands on the site of Derlus (O’Laverty, _op. cit._ i. p. 148), and the Protestant church is supposed to be on the site of the ancient church (_ib._ 147). P. 86.—For Skerry, cp. Reeves, _Eccl. Ant._ pp. 83-4. P. 87.—Sabul, Saul (see Reeves, _op. cit._ pp. 220 _sqq._). P. 90.—Tassach at Raholp. That he was stationed in the neighbourhood of Saul is implied in Muirchu 297₁₀. For his connexion with Rathcolpa see _Mart. Dung._ April 14; schol. on _Genair Patraicc_ hymn, l. 53 (_Lib. Hymn._ i. p. 102). There are ruins of an ancient church, known as Church-Moyley, described in Reeves, _Eccl. Antiq._ p. 39. P. 90.—Loarn at Bright. _V. Trip._ p. 38, V₄ c. 37, V₂ c. 31. It was recorded in a common source of _V. Trip._ (p. 40) and V₂ (c. 32) that near Bright Patrick converted Mochae, who afterwards founded a church at Noendrum, now Mahee island in L. Strangford (_ob._ 497, _Ann. Ult._ and Tigernach). O’Laverty has much to say on this, _op. cit._ i. 143-4. For Bright, cp. Reeves, _op. cit._ p. 35; for Noendrum, _ib._ pp. 10, 148 _sqq._, 187 _sqq._ It is a legitimate inference from the silence of our authorities, that no church at Dún Lethglasse was founded by Patrick. For its history see Reeves, _op. cit._ 141 _sqq._, 220 _sqq._ The first bishop recorded is Fergus, whose death is placed in _Ann. Ult._ at A.D. 584 or 590. P. 91.—_Mudebroth._ Dr. W. Stokes interprets _Dei mei indicium_ (_Trip._ p. 289), but cp. Atkinson, _Lib. Hymn._ ii. p. 179. _Ib._—Druimbo, _Collum bouis_. Cp. O’Laverty, _op. cit._ p. 228 _note_. CHAPTER VI P. 102.—Foundation of Trim. _Additional Notes_, 334-6 (translation with notes in Todd’s _St. Patrick_, 257 _sqq._). The name of the wife of Fedilmid is given as Scoth Noe (= _flos recens_). Lomman is said to have been a son of a sister of Patrick (335₁₃). The legendary character of the story is obvious; but there seems no reason to doubt the Trim traditions which it involves—the co-operation of the Briton Lomman with Fedilmid and his British wife and their son Fortchernn. Lomman’s name appears in the _Martyrologies_ (Tallaght and Donegal) under October 11.