"He is the well-known Ciaran Macantsaor, or son of the carpenter, abbot of Clonmacnois. Beoaidh was his father, and Darerca his mother, descended from the poet Glas. He died at the age of 33, A.D. 548, and was likened to Christ both on account of his age and that his father was a carpenter like Joseph Cele Muire.” St. Columba is said to have carried some clay from his grave. On getting into the eddy of Corryvreckan (whirlpool off the North coast of Jura) he threw it into the sea and he was saved" http://islayhistory.blogspot.co.uk/20... "A man who helped to remove the font for purposes of photography, told me that it had once been transferred to Nereabolls, and that it took many horses to draw it across the intervening hill; as long as the font remained there the people of Nereabolls had no peace, and in consequence it was at length returned to its former position, one old mare dragging with case the stone which had proved so heave before" http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk...Make a Wish ! Cill Chiarain St Ciaron Chapel Font , Kilchiaran Isle of Islay - YouTube | |
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