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About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Manchan, Munchin
- Variants
- Manchin, Mainchín
- Stronghold region
- Leinster
Overview
Borne by Saint Manchán of Lemanaghan in County Offaly, an early Irish saint whose reliquary, the Shrine of Saint Manchán, is one of the masterpieces of medieval Irish metalwork.
The story behind Manchán
Saint Manchán of Lemanaghan was a 7th-century anchorite whose reliquary is one of the masterpieces of medieval Irish metalwork.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; 7th-century saint.
Did you know?
His shrine at Boher in Offaly preserves the most beautiful surviving early Irish reliquary.
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