Mo Ling

Saint Mo Ling
Relief of St. Mo Ling in the parish church of St Mary and St Michael in New Ross
Born614
Sliabh Luachra, County Kerry
Died697
Feast17 June

Saint Mo Ling (614–697), also named Moling Luachra,[1] was the second Bishop of Ferns in Ireland and has been said to be "one of the four great prophets of Erin".[2] He founded a monastery at St Mullin's, County Carlow. His feast day is 17 June.[3][4] Traditions about him are preserved in two manuscripts, The Birth and Life of St. Moling, and the Borama, both of which expound on how he ended a cattle tributary imposed by the kings of Tara on the kings of Leighin, in retribution for an incident when the son of the king of Leighin went on a cattle raid to Clonfert, killing several princesses in the act.[5]

Ruins of the monastery at St Mullin's
  1. ^ Ó Riain, Pádraig (2011). A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Four Courts Press. pp. 487–490. ISBN 978-1-84682-318-3.
  2. ^ Healy, John (1912). "Chapter XVIII: The School of Glendalough". Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum Or, Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars (6 ed.). Dublin/London/New York: Sealy, Bryers & Walker/Burns & Oates/Benziger Brothers. p. 429. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. ^ "St Myllin's Church, Llanfyllin". Mathrafal Deanery. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. ^ A Compendium of Irish Biography
  5. ^ Ghosh, Shubha (30 October 2020). Forgotten Intellectual Property Lore: Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-78897-871-2.