32. Now when Saint Kiaranus had been in his settlement of Cluain meic
Nois, an excellent cloak was gifted to him in alms by a certain man.
Saint Kyaranus was minded to send it to the aforesaid holy elder
Senanus, who dwelt in the island of Cathi; but he was not able
immediately to find a messenger, because the way from the settlement
of Saint Kiaranus of Cluain meic Nois, which is in the middle of
Ireland, to the island of Cathi, situate at the entrance of the ocean,
was long and rough and difficult, and crossed borders of different
kingdoms. Then at the command of Saint Kiaranus, the cloak was placed
on the river Synna, and was sent alone with the river, and it came dry
over the waters to the island of Cathi; and no one saw it while it
travelled thither. The Synna flows from the settlement of Cluain meic
Nois to the estuary of Luimnech, in which the island of Cathi stands.
And Saint Senanus, filled with the spirit of prophecy, said to his
brethren, "Go ye to the shore of the sea, and bring to us with honour
the guest there seated, the gift of a man of God." And the brethren,
asking no questions, made their way to the sea, and found there the
cloak, perfectly dry, for it was untouched by the waters. And the holy
elder Senanus accepting it, gave thanks to God; and the cloak was in
honourable keeping with Saint Senanus, as though it were a sacred
diadem.