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St Gobhan, has long been historically linked with the parish of Seagoe – ''Teach dho-Ghobha'' in County Armagh. A St Gobban - ''Gobban find mac Lugdach''(c 560-639), was primarily known for his abbacy of the monastery of Oldleighlin, County Carlow, where in 633 an important synod was held to debate the timing of Easter. This monastery later evolved into St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin. St. Gobban also held authority at Killamery – ''Cell Lamraide'' in county Kilkenny. St Gobban died in 639 and was buried in either the ancient abbey of Clonenagh:''Cluain-Ednech'', County Laois or Clooneagh:''Chluain Each'', County kerry ==St. Gobhan of Seagoe in Iveagh== ''Clans, landscapes and borders'' A holy man named St. Gobhan-(St Goban-Gobban-Goba) is associated with the foundation , of a church of Celtic Christianity origins in the parish of Seagoe, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.〔(Place Names NI - Home )〕 The present St. Gobhan's church is a post reformation Church of Ireland and is located within the Anglican Communion Diocese of Down and Dromore or alternatively the Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Dromore.〔(Area Deanery of Clanbrassil | Down and Dromore )〕〔(Dromore Diocese )〕 The 17th century Irish historian and hagiographer John Colgan wrote of this location: "''Gobanus – Goba of Teg da-goba – Seagoe, on the bank of the Bann in Iveagh of Ulidia (also) St. Gobanus of Killamery, near the mountain called Slievenaman.''"〔Acta Sanctoriam Hiberniae, 750b〕 Situated four miles due south of Lough Neagh, St. Gobhan's church stands on a high-commanding ridge overlooking and to the east of the upper river Bann in a region where three counties almost meet – County Armagh, County Down and County Antrim. When St. Gobhan first arrived in this locale almost one and a half thousand years ago he was in the lands of the Uí Echach Cobo whose territory would later become the baronies of Upper & Lower Iveagh,in modern day County Down.〔(Ireland's History in Maps - Ancient Uladh, Ulidia, the Kingdom of Ulster )〕〔(Guinness or MacGuinness family pedigree )〕〔http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~oduibhin/oirthear/downmaps.htm In this old barony map Seagoe is located just beyond the western border of Lower Iveagh, having been annexed to county Armagh in 1605.(seagoe is just below the letter H in ARMAGH boundary line.)〕 This boundary remained for many centuries until the Plantation of Ulster when in 1605 "''The land east of the Upper Bann on the shore of Lough Neagh, known as Clanbrassilagh was formally annexed to the County of Ardmaghe...becoming eventually the barony of Oneilland East''".〔(The Ulster Plantation )〕〔(The Scots in Ulster: Scottish Landlords )〕〔Place-Names of Northern Ireland, Vol.111, County Down. Publisher; Queen's University Belfast.1993 ISBN 978-0853894483〕 The continuous spread of urban development and the re-designation of boundaries has masked or obliterated the ancient topography allowing many small and independent hamlets to be swallowed up. Seagoe continued its independent existence until in 1888 the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 facilitated its inclusion into Portadown Urban District. So although present day Seagoe by definition is in county Armagh, its location and ancient history displays an affinity and tenuous bond of ecclesiastical ties with the lands within the historical diocese of Down and Dromore.The original foundation of St. Gobhan's church is in the ancient cemetery some one hundred yards distance from the present church. The old church ruins set amid tall Yew trees and ornate headstones are a poignant reminder of its past and the present. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Gobhan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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