Olcán

5th century) is the name of an early Irish saint of the Dál Riata, disciple of St Patrick, founder and bishop of the monastery in Armoy in northeast County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Olcan's birth had occurred after his mother, who had come from over the sea, had died and he lay with her body for seven days before he was discovered by St Patrick.

[1] However, the fortunes of the Dál Riata in Ireland were adversely affected, while their future rather lay in Scotland, notably in Argyll.

Emigrants leaving for America in the 19th century thought that swallowing pebbles would provide them with a safe passage across the Atlantic Ocean.

Today the trees are full of ribbons, pieces of string, and strips of material showing that some traditions never die.

[4] Throughout Ireland, there are still a limited number of places where "stations" or "patterns" are held to the present day, one of these being Lough Derg.

In its heyday, the stations at Cranfield would have attracted hundreds if not thousands of pilgrims from the lough shore area of Antrim, Londonderry and Tyrone.