Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Muirenn ingen Cellaig Cualann
Other names
Muirenn regina Irgalaig ("Irgalach's queen")
Introduction
She was one of the daughters of Cellach Cualann, king of Leinster (d.715), and was called on her death "Irgalach's queen" in reference to a marriage to the king of Brega; but a fairly good circumstantial picture has been built up to associate her with the saint culted on Loch Lomondside. For full details, see Taylor with Márkus, Place-Names of Fife 3, pp. 590-1,
Gender
Female
Obituary
AU 748.6 "Muirenn filia Cellaigh Cualann, regina Irgalaigh, moritur" Muirenn daughter of Cellach of Cualu, Irgalach's queen, dies.
Territory or Ethnicity (broad)
Gaelic
Related Saints
Belongs to the group Mirren, Muirenn (ns)
Related Personal Names
Name
Muirenn
Saint in place-names
Though no place-name referring to this particular saint has been identified, it may be that some of the places dedicated to the non-specific group to which he/she belongs may in fact refer to him/her. Please check the non-specific group.
See: Mirren, Muirenn (ns)
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