Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Munnu m. Tulcháin
Other names
Munnu m. Tilcháin (Ó Riain 1985), Fintan Munnu, Fintain, Mundu (Mart. O), Fintén Mocumoie son of Talchan (Watson 1926, 307); Fintán / Munnu of Taghmon (Sharpe 1995)
Gender
Male
Associated places
Taghmon (Teach Munna), barony of Shelmaliere West, Co Wexford. Taghmon, barony of Corkaree, Co. Westmeath.
Territory or Ethnicity (broad)
Gaelic
Related Saints
Belongs to the group Fintan, Munnu (ns) (certain)
Same as Fintan m. Gaibréin of Cluain Eidnech (possible)
Of Fintan m. Gaibréin (of Clonenagh) Ó Riain writes: 'Together with other bearers of the name, such as Fiontan Maoldubh and Munna (alias Fiontan) of Taghmon, the saint probably represented a single original cult, subsequently localized at Durrow, Taghmon, Clonenagh, and other places.'
Saint in place-names
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Names
Place known as | Name (plus degree of certainty that this saint is commemorated here) |
Eilean Munde, island, Lismore & Appin | Eilean Munde (certain) |
Killintag, eccles, Killintag, Morvern | Killintag (probable) |
Killintag, eccles, Killintag, Morvern | St Fintan's Church (probable) |
Kilmun, eccles. (Loch Avich) KDV | Kilmun (certain) |
Kilmun, eccles. (Loch Awe) KDV | Kilmun (certain) |
Kilmun, eccles. Dunoon & Kilmun | Kilmun (certain) |
Kilmun, eccles. Dunoon & Kilmun | St Munn's Church (certain) |
Kilmun, eccles. Inveraray | Kilmun (certain) |
Sith-Mun, Kilmun, Dunoon & Kilmun | Sith-Mun (certain) |
Suidhe Mhunge, KDV | Suidhe Mhunge (probable) |