Eithne
Martyrological notice
Maedhog, Bishop, of Feama. Aedh was his first name. He was of the race of CoUa Uais, monarch of Erinn. Eithne was the name of his mother, of the race of Amhalghaidh, son of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin. Among his first miracles was the flag-stone upon which he was brought to be baptized, upon which people used to be ferried out and in, just as in every other boat, to the island in the lake, on which he was bom. Of his miracles also was that the spinster s distaff, which was in the hand of Maedhóg s mother, Eithne, when she was bringing him forth, which was a withered hard stick of hazel, grew up with leaves and blossoms and afterwards with goodly fhiit ; and this hazel is still in existence as a green tree without decay or withering, producing nuts every year in Inis-Breach- mhaighe,&c., A.D. 624, was the date when he resigned his spirit to heaven.
Historical martyrology witness · The Martyrology of Donegal (1864)
Maedhog, Bishop, of Feama. Aedh was his first name. He was of the race of CoUa Uais, monarch of Erinn. Eithne was the name of his mother, of the race of Amhalghaidh, son of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin. Among his first miracles was the flag-stone upon which he was brought to be baptized, upon which people used to be ferried out and in, just as in every other boat, to the island in the lake, on which he was bom. Of his miracles also was that the spinster s distaff, which was in the hand of Maedhóg s mother, Eithne, when she was bringing him forth, which was a withered hard stick of hazel, grew up with leaves and blossoms and afterwards with goodly fhiit ; and this hazel is still in existence as a green tree without decay or withering, producing nuts every year in Inis-Breach- mhaighe,&c., A.D. 624, was the date when he resigned his spirit to heaven.