- (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also
called monachism or monkhood, is a
religious way of life in
which one
renounces worldly...
- The
Monach Islands, also
known as
Heisker (Scottish Gaelic:
Eilean Heisgeir / Heisgeir,
pronounced [(elan)ˈheʃkʲəɾʲ] ), are an
island group west of North...
- Éimear) and in
Scottish Gaelic Eimhir, is the name of the
daughter of
Forgall Monach and the wife of the hero Cú
Chulainn in the
Ulster Cycle of
Irish mythology...
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Kisimul Castle stands is the
ancient seat of Clan
MacNeil and
Shillay in the
Monach Isles had a
staffed lighthouse until 1942. The tiny
Beasts of Holm of the...
- island) is the
westernmost of the
Monach Islands (Heisgeir), off
North Uist in the
Outer Hebrides. Like most of the
other Monach Islands,
Shillay has a thin...
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Janet Monach Patey (née Whytock; 1 May 1842 – 28
February 1894) was an
English concert and
oratorio contralto. She was born
Janet Monach Whytock in London...
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suitable wife for him, but he will have none but Emer,
daughter of
Forgall Monach. However,
Forgall is
opposed to the match. He
suggests that Cú Chulainn...
- The
Monach Formation is a
geologic formation of
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) age in the
Western Canada Sedimentary Basin that
consists primarily of sandstone...
- ISBN 978-1-78570-567-0 Butler,
Edward Cuthbert. (1919).
Benedictine Monachism:
Studies in
Benedictine Life and Rule. London: Longmans, Green. p. 44...
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found worthy to
marry his
beloved Emer,
daughter of the
chieftain Forgall Monach. The tale
survives in two recensions: a
short version written mainly in...
