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Perhaps St. Maccarthenus (latinized form; in Irish, Mac Cairthinn, Mac Carthainn), bp. of Clogher. One of his attested name forms is Macartan. Metathesize the -rt- and you get Macatran. Give that dental a spelling to indicate voicing and you get Macadran. Which might have been latinized as Makedranus.
Best,
John Dillon
On Saturday, April 14, 2007, at 1:47 am, Maddy Gray wrote:
> Apologies for cross-posting - has anyone come across this saint?
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> Dr Madeleine Gray
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> Dear All,
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> The Cumberland volume of the English Place-Name Soc (1 p87), under
> Farlam, refers to rivulum fontis Sci Makedrani c1195. Who was St.
> Makedran? He sounds Irish. The parish church is no help, being
> dedicated to St. Thomas Becket; it was given to Lanercost Priory in
> 1169, and what with Becket being in the news shortly afterwards, they
> may have decided to transfer the dedication to him from some
> little-known Celtic patron.
>
> Jeremy Harte
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