{82} St. Piranus, Otherwise Called St. Kiaran, Or Piran, Was An
Irish Saint, Said To Have Been Born In The
County of Ossory, or of
Cork, about the middle of the fourth century; and after that by his
labours the
Gospel had made good progress, he forsook all worldly
things, and spent the remainder of his life in religious solitude.
The place of his retirement was on the sea-coast of Cornwall, and
not far from Padstow, where, as Camden informs us, there was a
chapel on the sands erected to his memory. Leland has informed us,
that the chapel of St. Perine, at Caerdiff, stood in Shoemaker
Street.
{83} So called from a parish of that name in Glamorganshire,
situated between Monk Nash and St. Donat's, upon the Bristol
Channel.
{84} Barri Island is situated on the coast of Glamorganshire; and,
according to Cressy, took its name from St. Baruc, the hermit, who
resided, and was buried there. The Barrys in Ireland, as well as
the family of Giraldus, who were lords of it, are said to have
derived their names from this island. Leland, in speaking of this
island, says, "The passage into Barrey isle at ful se is a flite
shot over, as much as the Tamise is above the bridge. At low water,
there is a broken causey to go over, or els over the shalow
streamelet of Barrey-brook on the sands. The isle is about a mile
in cumpace, and hath very good corne, grasse, and sum wood; the
ferme of it worth a 10 pounds a yere.
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