Saint Dallan Forgail Round Religious Medal "EXCLUSIVE"

Saint Dallan, a descendant of the legendary High King Colla Uais, and his mother was Forgall . His nickname, Dalln ("little blind one"), was earned after he lost his sight, reputedly as a result of studying intensively. He was born in Maigen (now Ballyconnell), at the eastern edge of the territory of the Masraige of Magh Slcht in modern County Cavan. He was not a member of the Masraige but belonged to a branch of the Airgalla called the Fir Lurg, who were in the process of spreading southwards into Fermanagh and Cavan. (The barony of Lurg in County Fermanagh was named after them)[3] His was a first cousin of Saint Mogue and was a fourth cousin of Saint Tigernach of Clones. He died in 598 when pirates broke into the island monastery of Inniskeel, County Donegal, where he is buried. He was reportedly beheaded, and it is also said that God reattached his head to his body after he was martyred. He was acclaimed a saint in the early 11th century, during the reign of the High King Mel Sechnaill mac Domnaill.