26 “Accedens ad sacerdotem a quo sibi sperabat iter salutis posse
demonstrari confessus est reatum suum”, etc.—Bede, _H. Eccl._, iv.
25.
27 “Eadem hora omnia confessus peccata leges poenitentiae flexis
genibus se impleturum promisit”—_Vita S. Columb._, ii. 39, _edit.
I.A.S._, p. 157.
_ 28 Ibid._, p. 59. See also lib. i. cap. 17, p. 46.
29 Vita S. Pulcher, _alias_ Mochoemogue, who lived in the seventh
century, cap. xix., ap. Colgan, p. 592: “Videns eum vir Dei
visitatum verâ poenitentia, ait ei: confitere peccata tua et esto de
caetero fidelis in omnibus”.
30 See _Martyrol. of Donegal_, p. 211, and _Vita S. Maidoc_, cap. xx.,
and liv. ap. _Colgan_, p. 208, seqq. St. Dubthach of Armagh is also
famous in our annals as being the “chief confessor of Ireland and
Albany” (Colgan, _Tr. Thaum._, p. 298); and St. Gormgal of Ardoilean
is similarly eulogised by the Four Masters, ad. an. 1017. _Conf.
Colgan, Act. SS._, p. 141.
_ 31 Vita_, cap. 22, _Tr. Colgan_, p. 353; Reeves’ _Columba_, p. 213,
note _k_.
32 This couplet is quoted by Prince in his _Worthies of Devon_ from
_Paul_ Harris, c. 5, p. 88, who thus introduces it, “of whose
(Fitz-Ralph’s) sanctity the common people of Ireland by ancient
tradition were wont to chaunt this distich”. In the loose papers
prefixed to the _Martyrology of Donegal_, the verses are quoted from
_Henry_ Harris in _Apolu_. This false reference has led Dr. Todd
into a slight mistake, vide _Martyr. of Donegal_, App. to Int. p.
xlii.
_ 33 Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica_, vol. iv. London, 1847.
Pedigree of the Frechevilles and Musards.
_ 34 Danmonii Orientales Illustres, or the Worthies of Devon._