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An Early Medieval Female Saint from Tipperary

11/14/2018

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St Sineach

Twelve Irish saints of the name Sineach (also written as Sinche) were recorded in medieval times. The name probably derives from the Irish ‘sean’ meaning ‘old’. One of these saints was the daughter of Feargna and a late pedigree assigns her to the Eoghanacht of Cashel, in Tipperary. It seems highly likely that it was this Sineach that was invoked in a litany preserved in the Stowe Missal, an illuminated manuscript some of which was written in the 11th century in Lorrha, in North Tipperary. This Sineach founded a church site at Crohane (Cruachán Maighe Abhna), in the barony of Slievardagh, in Co. Tipperary, in the early medieval period.   ​
Aerial_view_Crohane_church_site_Tipperary
Aerial view of Crohane church site.

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Ireland’s First Female Botanist

11/8/2018

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Specimen of 'Dasya arbuscula Agardh', collected by Ellen Hutchins, and now in Natural History Museum, London.
'Dasya arbuscula Agardh', collected by Ellen Hutchins, specimen in Natural History Museum, London.

Ellen Hutchins

Ellen Hutchins was born in Ballylickey in the Bantry Bay area of West Cork in 1785. While in school in Dublin, Ellen’s health began to deteriorate and she was placed in the care of a family friend, Dr Whitley Stokes. Stokes encouraged Ellen to spend time outdoors in order to improve her health and suggested that she embark upon the study of natural history and specifically botany. 

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