page_title: Mac Creiche
section_title: Traces
hierarchical_section_title: Mac Creiche / Traces
caption_attribution_description: English: Kilmacreehy Church and Graveyard Liscannor Co. Clare Ireland
context_page_description: Mac Creiche of Liscannor is described by various old texts as an early Irish saint, a hermit who slew monsters and persuaded kings to submit to him through miracles. He was probably not a historical figure. The stories of his life are most likely derived from earlier pagan legends, and he may be equated with a pagan god.
  The civil parish of Kilmacrehy on the west coast of County Clare is named after him.
context_section_description: Mac Creiche was said to have founded several churches in County Clare, but only Cill Mic Creiche (Kilmacrehy) is named after him.  The church of "Kilmaccrik" is mentioned in the Papal Taxation of 1302.  The ruins of the old church lie near the village of Liscannor.  There was a holy well near the church dedicated to MacCreiche, but the nearby well of the more famous Saint Brigit of Kildare drew many more visitors in the 19th century.  Mac Creiche is said to have founded the church of Teampull na glas Aighne near Inagh. Some remains of this building could still be seen in 1839. He also founded the church of Cill Scanbotha, nearby to the west.
  Two rocks on the strand of Kilmacrehy, visible when the tide is out, are called "'Mac Creiche's Bed".  Locals say that the saint asked for his coffin to be set on the shore where the tide would carry it out, and for it to be buried when it was washed in again.
caption: The ruined Kilmacreehy Church and its graveyard
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