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Cyril, Saint (Curalan)

 Person

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Notes about Tobar Chuiralainn, 29 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/88
Scope and Contents Story about the son [of Campbell of Airds] punished by his father for his iconoclasm [burning the saints’ images]. His father refused him a drink to slake his thirst. When he did get one, from Tobar Chuiralainn [Tobar Churalain, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire], he died. The others involved in the burning died ‘in great suffering agony’. Also notes that coins are left by the well by pilgrims and that Todd of Dumfries, farmer in Sallachuil drank from the well and was told by MacLaurin, the school...
Dates: 29 August 1883

Notes on St Cyril and sites related to him in Appin, August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/123
Scope and Contents

Notes on St Cyril and sites related to him in Appin [Apainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] including that St Cyril had a college; the Feinn [Fenians] had a dun on top of Ben Churralan [Beinn Churalain]; a woman's prayer to St Cyril 'O chaomh Chur[ralain]' and that the graveyard [Cladh Churalain] has mostly MacColls and MacInnes buried in it.

Dates: August 1883

Poem beginning 'O chaomh Chuir[alain]', 29 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/100
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'O chaomh Chuir[alain]' composed of phrases used throughout his notetaking about prayers to Cuiralain [Curalan/St Cyril] in the preceding pages.

Dates: 29 August 1883

Story about Cuiralain [St Cyril] and Torran nam Bàn, 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/178
Scope and Contents

Story about Cuiralain [Curalan/St Cyril] in which a child is stolen from him and he rides after the culprits and strikes them dead. Torran nam Bàn [Tòrran nam Bàn] is said to be the place where the women were struck dead. There are three stones there. Story was probably collected from Seonaid NicColla [Janet MacColl] [Glasdrum, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Dates: 1883

Story about Curalainn [Curalan/St Cyril] answering a prayer, 1884

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/255
Scope and Contents

Story about Curalainn [Curalan/St Cyril] answering a prayer, in which Ciorstan Mòr from Creag [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] invoked Curalan with the prayer 'O chaomh Chu[ralainn] [tonn] aighearrach ort' to deal with youths who had defiled images of saints.

Dates: 1884

Story about healing from Tobar Churralain, 29 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/84
Scope and Contents Story possibly collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about the burning of saints' images on a Sunday by the sons of Campbell of Airds, Stewart of Appin and Stewart of Invernahyle, all local men. The son of Campbell of Airds became thirsty but his father would not let him drink as a punishment so his servant went and got him water from Tobar Churralain [Tobar Churalain, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] ‘on which he went better’. Curalan/St Cyril...
Dates: 29 August 1883

Story about praying to Cuiralainn for healing, August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/137
Scope and Contents

Story about a woman praying to Cuiralainn [Curalan/St Cyril] for healing on a man's burnt arm. She removed her breid and kertch and used it to bind the man's arm. A voice came from behind him in the air.

Dates: August 1883

Story about praying to Cuirralain for healing, 29 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/83
Scope and Contents Story about the burning of the wooden holy images or statues [of saints Columba, Moluag and Cyril/Curalan] by local young men possibly collected from Mary Carmichael, aged 71, Druimavuic, Glencreran [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. An old woman at Leitir-ru-Altain [Letterwalton, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] called out to Cuirralain [Curalan/St Cyril] and he appeared before her and said, 'Mas duil leat an duine sin cuimich a lamh.' The woman took the breid (kertch) from her head and bound the...
Dates: 29 August 1883

Story about three women being turned to stone, August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/145
Scope and Contents

Story about three women who are turned to stone by Cuiralainn's [Curalan/St Cyril] servant, who was chasing them for stealing from Cuiralainn. Curalan is said to have given the servant his own wand, with which the servant struck each woman.

Dates: August 1883

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Argyllshire Scotland 15
Tales 10
Glencreran Argyllshire Scotland 7
Archaeology 6
Healing 6