Colum Cille shall be his name
Martyrological notice
Patrick foretold him at Sith-Aodha when be was blessing Conall Oiilban, and Feigns, his son. When he placed his right hand on the head of Feigns over across Conall, Conall asked him why he did so. Patrick replied : ** Fergns shall have a son’s son, said he, and Colum Cille shall be his name, and it is in honour of him I put my right hand on the head of Feigns, because that son is nearer to him by a generation than to thee; and this son shall be pleasing to God and men. A son shall be bom of his race, Life of Colum Cille, chap. 2.* Patrick foretold Colum Cille at another place before his birth. After being at Domhnach M6r Maighe Ithe, in Cinel Conaill, he went in his chariot the next day to the stream which is called D<wl to bless the country, and on coming to the brink of the ford, the spindles^ of the chariot which was under him were broken, and as often as they were mended, when Patrick went into the chariot they broke again. And all marvelled at this thing. Do not wonder, said Patrick, through the spirit of prophecy, for that land from the stream northwards does not stand in need of my blessing, for a son shall be bom there, and Colum Cille shall be his name, and it is he that shall bless the land to the north, and it is in honour of him that God has prohibited my blessing the land. Ath-an-Charpaid,’ on the Daol, is the name of that ford.
Historical martyrology witness · The Martyrology of Donegal (1864)
Patrick foretold him at Sith-Aodha when be was blessing Conall Oiilban, and Feigns, his son. When he placed his right hand on the head of Feigns over across Conall, Conall asked him why he did so. Patrick replied : ** Fergns shall have a son’s son, said he, and Colum Cille shall be his name, and it is in honour of him I put my right hand on the head of Feigns, because that son is nearer to him by a generation than to thee; and this son shall be pleasing to God and men. A son shall be bom of his race, Life of Colum Cille, chap. 2.* Patrick foretold Colum Cille at another place before his birth. After being at Domhnach M6r Maighe Ithe, in Cinel Conaill, he went in his chariot the next day to the stream which is called D<wl to bless the country, and on coming to the brink of the ford, the spindles^ of the chariot which was under him were broken, and as often as they were mended, when Patrick went into the chariot they broke again. And all marvelled at this thing. Do not wonder, said Patrick, through the spirit of prophecy, for that land from the stream northwards does not stand in need of my blessing, for a son shall be bom there, and Colum Cille shall be his name, and it is he that shall bless the land to the north, and it is in honour of him that God has prohibited my blessing the land. Ath-an-Charpaid,’ on the Daol, is the name of that ford.