[3] A legend is recorded about Mobhí and Columba (also called Columcille) that elaborates on the condition of these monastic schools: The huts of the pupils are stated to have been on the west side of the river.

The 17th-century Martyrology of Donegal recounts the story that when Columba was preparing to take possession of the town of Doire from Aedh, son of Ainmire, he initially refused to do so because he did not have his Mobhí's permission.

[9]Archbishop John Healy, in his book Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum, called Saint Mobhí "a great master of the spiritual life.

[11] The Martyrology of Oengus (c. 800)—the earliest Irish calendar of saints—lists the following on 12 October: Dlom Fíacc ocus Fiachraigonme, mor in máinsin,moBií, balc a ṁbúaid sin,in clárainech cáinsin.Declare Fiacc and Fiachreat the same time, great is that treasure!Mobí, strong that triumph!That fair flat-faced one.

[4]The Martyrology of Donegal lists him on 12 October, the day of his death, and commemorates him in the following manner: "Mobhi Clairenech, abbot, of Glass Naoidhen, in Fine-Gall, on the brink of the river Lifè, on the north side; and Bearchán was another name for him.