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And the settling in my bosom means that the place of his resurrection will be in my territory. Many blessings will come to us and our territory through him." That vision of the faithful woman was realised as the faithful king had explained it. Subsequently Mochuda came to Maolochtair requesting from him a place where he might erect a monastery.
Maolochtair gave that land to Mochuda who marked out a cell there where is now the city of Ardfinnnan, attached to which is a large parish subject to Mochuda and bearing his name. The wife of Maolochtair, scil: Cuciniceas, daughter of Failbhe Flann, king of Munster, had a vision, viz.: a flock of very beautiful birds flying above her head and one bird was more beautiful and larger than the rest.
Maolochtair replied: "So large a community cannot dwell in such a narrow place." Mochuda said: "God, who sent us to you, will show you a place suited to us." The king answered: "I have a place, convenient for fish and wood, beside Slieve Gua on the bank of the Nemh but I fear it will not be large enough."
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