ccaorac

Updated: May 19, 2025

Now, in that island depastured the sheep belonging to the wife of the chieftain of Decies and it is thence that it derives its Irish name Ard-na- Ccaorac, scil.: there was in it a high hill and it was a promontory beautiful to behold. One of the party, ascending the summit of the hill, said to Declan: "How can this little height support your people?"

Anonymous - Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore