Lairds of Glenlyon

3l8 THE LAIRDS OF GLENLYON.
marched together, even until they reached the cairn of Drumalban,
and there they separated, each following a different stream and pass
into the country of Alban. Eonan was one of the twelve, and from
the cairn of Drumalban he followed the pass which led him to Glen-
lyon ; but it was not then called Glenlyon at all. Its name was
" Gleann dubh crom nan garbh chlach "—black crooked glen of large
stones. Eonan built a church, and preached the Peace-message ; and
at first the men of the Glen would listen to him not, but preferred the
ways of their fathers. Eonan then built a mill turned by water, and
there had been no such mill in the Glen ever before ; and all the grain
had till then be ground by "clachan brathan" (querns); and the
people of the Glen began to think much of him, and to listen to him,
and to be baptized. He lived among them until they were all made
Christians, and they honoured him greatly ; and when he was dying,
they asked, " Where he wished to be buried ? " He replied to them
that as soon as he had given up his soul they should place his body on
a bier, and run " lunnan " — bearing sticks — through rings of withs —
" dullan " — attached to the bier, and then taking him up they should
carry him down the water, until a ring of withs — " dul" — broke. And
when the first " dul" of the bier broke, then he wished them to bury
him. So when Eonan gave up his soul the men of the Glen did as he
told them. And soon after they passed the running together of the
rivers Lyon and Tay, the first ring broke, and there they buried him,
and named the spot " Dul." The name of Eonan was great among the
people of Alban, and the Gillean De of the land of Alban, who were
many of them his disciples, built a church over his grave, and a com-
mon house and schools in its near vicinity. After that the high king of
Alban gave to the Gillean De of Dul, and the father or abba they had
set over themselves, a city of refuge girth, which was marked out by large
stones, and also a large lordship, which, until this day, is called Appin-
Dhul (Abthania de Dul ?) or the Abba-Land of Dul. Great waxed the
fame of the schools kept by the Gillean De of Dul. To them flocked
the sons of kings, princes, and heroes in the land of Alban ; and Dul
and St. Eonan were to the people of Alban what Calum of Kells
and the little Ii at the nose of Mull were to the Gael of the West.
Afterwards troubles arose and changes came. The common home and
the schools were removedfrom Dul to Dunchaillion(Dunkeld),andafter-
wards to Kilribhein ("St. Andrews), where the schools are yet, although
the Gillean De went out of sight long long ago.