Leaving a mark so we will not forget

According to the ancient narratives of the Life of St Patrick, his sister Liemani had seven sons, all of whom accompanied the saint to Ireland, and were settled by him in Connacht, near Loch Mask.

The youngest was Lugna, and a stone discovered there bore the inscription “Lie Lugnaedon Macc Lmenueh” which scholars Petrie and O’Donovan have translated as “The stone of Lugnaedon (or Lugnaed) son of Limrnueh.”

This Lugnaed was identified with Patrick’s nephew, and was the only saint to beat this name in Irish ecclesiastical history.