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Line 1: {{Short description\|Irish bishop}} [[Image:Aghagower St Patrick Statue 2007 08 12.jpg\|thumb\|100px\|right\|Statue of St Patrick from Agahower.]]▼ {{Use dmy dates\|date=December 2021}} {{Use Irish English\|date=December 2021}} ▲[[~~Image~~File:Aghagower St Patrick Statue 2007 08 12.jpg\|thumb\|100px\|right\|Statue of St Patrick from Agahower.]] '''Tírechán''' was a 7th-century [[Ireland\|Irish]] [[bishop]] from north [[Connacht]], specifically the [[Killala Bay]] area, in what is now [[County Mayo]]. ==Background== Based on a knowledge of Irish customs of the times, historian Terry O’Hagan has concluded that Tírechán was probably from a wealthy, elite family. Sometime in the 650s, he was sent to [[Ardbraccan]] in [[County Meath]] as a ~~“fosterling”~~"fosterling" and student of [[Ultan of Ardbraccan\|Ultan]], bishop of Ardbraccan. References to numerous geographical areas and to sites such as [[holy well]]s, cemeteries, crosses, and churches have led O’Hagan to call Tírechán one of the most ~~“widely~~"widely ~~travelled”~~travelled" of [[History of Ireland (800–1169)\|early medieval]] writers.<ref name=ohagan>{{cite web\|last1=O'Hagan\|first1=Terry\|title=Tírechán: Biography and Character Study\|url=http://www.confessio.ie/more/article_ohagan#\|website=Saint Patrick's Confessio\|publisher=Royal Irish Academy\|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref> ==Works== Tírechán is known to have authored one work, the ''Collectanea''.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.confessio.ie/more/tirechan_english# \|title=Tírechán's text in English \|website=Confessio.ie \|access-date= 18 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.confessio.ie/more/tirechan_latin# \|title=Tírechán's text in Latin \|website=Confessio.ie \|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> This is a biography of [[Saint Patrick\|St. Patrick]] which ~~have~~has been preserved in the [[Book of Armagh]]. The ''Collectanea'' is often called a [[hagiography]], ~~however,~~but it may be better described as an ''~~itinerium~~itinerarium''. Tírechán presents Patrick's journey through the north of Ireland and lists the various foundations he establishes along the way. Tírechán wrote in [[Latin]], and historian Terry O’Hagan indicates that Tírechán’s work should be considered "a work in progress" in that he probably died before his work was complete. Tírechán says that he drew on the oral and written testimony of [[Bishop Ultán]].<ref>~~Tirechan~~Tírechán, Collectanea §1.</ref> Ultán was Tírechán's teacher. ~~Tirechan~~Tírechán wrote to promote the cult of Patrick, and he was especially critical of institutions associated with rival saints who possess foundations which ~~Tirechan~~Tírechán viewed as belonging to Patrick. He chastises the community of [[Columba]] and [[Clonmacnoise]] for appropriating foundations associated with Patrick.<ref>~~Tirechan~~Tírechán, Collectanea §§ 22, 47</ref>▼ ~~Tirechan~~Tirechán has been credited, incorrectly, with authoring other texts. This includes the ''Catalogus Sanctorum Hiberniae'', which [[Paul Grosjean\|Grosjean]] dated it to c.900.<ref>'Edition et Commentaire du Catalogus Sanctorum Hiberniae Secundum Diversa Tempora ou de Tribus Ordinibus Sanctorum Hiberniae', by Paul Grosjean</ref> Eoin Mac Neill had assigned Tírechán as the author of ''[[Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii]]'',<ref>{{cite journal \|last=Mac Neill \|first=Eoin \|title=The Origin of the Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick \|journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland \|volume=19 \|pages=1-15}}</ref> however, this has been roundly rejected.{{fact\|date=December 2021}}▼ ▲Tírechán says that he drew on the oral and written testimony of [[Bishop Ultán]].<ref>Tirechan, Collectanea §1.</ref> Ultán was Tírechán's teacher. Tirechan wrote to promote the cult of Patrick, and he was especially critical of institutions associated with rival saints who possess foundations which Tirechan viewed as belonging to Patrick. He chastises the community of Columba and [[Clonmacnoise]] for appropriating foundations associated with Patrick.<ref>Tirechan, Collectanea §§ 22, 47</ref> ▲Tirechan has been credited, incorrectly, with authoring other texts. This includes the ''Catalogus Sanctorum Hiberniae'', which Grosjean dated it to c.900.<ref>'Edition et Commentaire du Catalogus Sanctorum Hiberniae Secundum Diversa Tempora ou de Tribus Ordinibus Sanctorum Hiberniae', by Paul Grosjean</ref> Eoin Mac Neill had assigned Tírechán as the author of ''Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii'',<ref>{{cite journal \|last=Mac Neill \|first=Eoin \|title=The Origin of the Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick \|journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland \|volume=19 \|pages=1-15}}</ref> however, this has been roundly rejected. Tírechán wrote in [[Latin]], and historian Terry O’Hagan indicates that Tírechán’s work should be considered “a work in progress” in that he probably died before his work was complete. His work is often compared to that of his contemporary, [[Muirchú moccu Machtheni\|Muirchú]], who wrote ''Vita Sancti Patricii'' (Life of St. Patrick).<ref name=ohagan/><ref>{{cite web\|last1=Dawson\|first1=Elizabeth\|title=Pillars of Conversion in Muirchú and Tírechán: Two Case Studies\|url=http://www.confessio.ie/more/article_dawson#\|website=St. Patrick's Confessio\|publisher=Royal Irish Academy\|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref> ==''Floruit''== Tírechán's ''Collectanea'' has been dated to between 688 and 693 by [[Thomas Charles-Edwards]].<ref>{{cite book \|last=Charles-Edwards \|first=Thomas \|title=Early Christian Ireland \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|date=2000}}, pp. 439-40.</ref> Tírechán mentions recent plagues that had afflicted Ireland.<ref>Tirechan, Collectanea §§8, 25.</ref> These probably refer into those recorded for 664-6 and 686-8. The late seventh century witnessed a flourishing of Patrician literature as seen in [[Muirchú]]'s ''Vita Patricii'' and the ''[[Liber Angeli]]''. ==References== Line 31: [[Category:7th-century Irish bishops]] [[Category:7th-century Irish writers]] [[Category:7th-century ~~Latin~~ writers in Latin]] [[Category:~~Latinists~~Irish writers in Latin]] [[Category:Medieval Irish historians]] [[Category:~~Religious~~Christian ~~leaders~~clergy from County Mayo]]

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