Departures of note

According to the Menology of Aengus, after austere fasting throughout Lent, on Easter morning Colman asked his servant whether he had found anything special for their Easter meal. The servant replied that he only had a small fowl and the usual herbs, and Colman prayed that the Lord provide an appropriate meal.

At the same time Colman's cousin King Guaire was sitting down to a banquet; the dishes were spirited away by unseen hands. The king and his retinue followed and found the banquet spread before Colman and his servant. A nearby limestone pavement is called Bohir na Maes, the “road of the dishes.”