he place belongs to Mughorna. Then Patrick went into the district
of Mughorna, to Domhnach-Maighen especially. When Victor, who was in
that place, heard that Patrick had come to it, Victor went, to avoid
Patrick, from the residence to a thorny brake at the side of the town.
God performed a prodigy for Patrick. He lighted up the brake in the dark
night, so that everything therein was visible. Victor went afterwards to
Patrick, and gave him his submission; and Patrick gave him the church,
and imposed the degree of bishop on Victor, and left him in
Domhnach-Maighen. And Patrick blessed Mudhorna, and said that the most
illustrious of laics and clerics should be of them. And he bade farewell
to them, and left a blessing with them. Afterwards Patrick went to
Fera-Ros, to Enach-Conglais, where he remained a Sunday. There it was
that the Ui-Lilaigh gave the poison to Patrick in the lumps of curds.
Patrick blessed the pieces, and made stones of them.
When Patrick went on Monday across the ford southwards, the Ui-Lilaigh
went with fifty horsemen upon the ford after him to slay him. Patrick
turned towards them upon the bank to the south of the ford, and he raised
his left hand, and said: "You shall neither come out of the ford here nor
go the other way; but you shall be in that water for ever." The water
immediately went over them. Ath-O'Lilaigh is the name of the ford for
ever, and the stone lumps are at Enach-Conglaise, in commemoration of the
miracle, to this present day.
He afterwards went to Rath-Cuile, where he blessed the
Fera-Cuile--_i.e._, the Ui-Seghain. He went to Bile-Tortan after that,
and constructed a church for Presbyter Justin near Bile-Tortan, which is
near the community of Ard-Breccan. When Patrick was journeying to the
territory of Leinster from Domhnach-Tortan, he remained a night at
Drum-Urchaille. Patrick went afterwards to Naas. The site of his tent
is in the green of the fort, to the east of the road, and his well is to
the north of the fort (_dun_), where he baptized Dunlaing's two sons,
Ailill and Illann, and where he baptized Ailill's two daughters, Moghain
and Feidelm. And their father dedicated them to God and Patrick, from
their consecrated virginity, and he (Patrick) blessed the veil on their
heads.
Messengers went from Patrick to call the steward of the fort of
Naas--_i.e._, Fallen. He avoided Patrick; and he pretended to be asleep,
through enmity and ridicule of Patrick. And
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