[97] It should be Donagh-shaughlin, for Donagh is _domnach_, a church, whereas _dún_ is a fort. There is no doubt that Dún here is a corruption, as we get the form Donnaclsacheling in a document of A.D. 1216 (Reeves, _Eccl. Ant._ p. 128). [98] See Appendix B, note on cap. ii. p. 23. [99] See Appendix A, i. 6. One of the best quatrains is the fourth: Dominus illum elegit ut doceret barbaras nationes, ut piscaret per doctrinae retia, ut de seculo credentes traheret ad gratiam Dominumque sequerentur sedem ad etheriam. [100] The _Confession_ shows that this comparison was sometimes in Patrick’s mind. [101] Perfectam vitam, _Hymn_ v. 4. Secundinus died A.D. 447, acc. to _Ann. Ult._ [102] Telltown comes by popular etymology from the genitive Taillteann. The site is marked by a round rath. O’Donovan said in 1856 that it had been in recent times a resort for the men of Meath for hurling, wrestling, and other sports (_Four Masters_, i. p. 22). [103] Herbord, _Vit. Ott._ ii. 14. The silence of early authorities is decisive against the isolated statement that Patrick preached at Taillte against the “burning of the first-born offspring.” (See Appendix B, note.) [104] Mac Fechach.—Tírechán, 310₂₄. [105] Áth Brón.—Tír. 307₂₈. [106] St. Colomb’s House. For its description and measurements see Petrie (_Round Towers_, 430-31), who compares it with St. Kevin’s House at Glendalough, and Dunraven’s _Notes on Irish Architecture_, vol. ii. p. 50 (plans and photograph). [107] Tírechán, 310-11. [108] See Appendix C, 4, _ad fin._ [109] See note, Appendix B. [110] It may be observed that if the idol of Mag Slecht had been eminently important for all Ireland, and had been destroyed at a period subsequent to St. Patrick, there could hardly fail to be a Christian record of its fall. In the _Annals of the Four Masters_, s.a. 464, it is said that Conall, son of Niall, ancestor of the lords of Tyrconnell, was done to death by the “old Folks” of Mag Slecht, who caught him unprotected. The thought occurs that Conall had supported the attack on the worship of Cenn Cruaich, and that his death was an act of vengeance wreaked by people of the plain who still clung to the old faith. [111] Perhaps A.D. 444-5. See Appendix C, 14. [112] See Appendix C, 13, on Patrick in Connaught. [113] At Duma Graid, close to Lake Kilglass. See Tírechán, 313, and _Vit. Trip._ p. 94. [114] Between Sligo and Leitrim. [115] May the name be the same as that of the tribe of the Anghaile (Annaly), who extended their power subsequently into Tethbia (cp. O’Donovan, _Book of Rights_, p. 11, _note_)? [116] Tamnach. [117] “Church of Bishop Brón.” [118] In Mag Airthic. See Appendix C, 13. [119] Ciarrigi. Through the baronies of Costello, Clanmorris, and Kilmaine. Possibly Aghamore, south of Kilkelly, may lie on the supposed route. It has been conjectured that the church _in campo Nairniu_ (Tírechán, 321) was there. [120] In quo fiunt episcopi.