Patrick went to the men of Umhall, to Achadh-Fobhair where Bishop Senach
was ordained. The name Patrick conferred on him was "Agnus Dei." And he
it was who asked the three requests of Patrick--viz., that he should not
oppose him as regards orders, that the place should not be called after
him, and that what was wanting to complete his age should be added to the
age of Mac Aenghusa. It was for him (Mac Aenghusa) that Patrick wrote an
alphabet the day that Bishop Senach was ordained. Patrick desired truly
to erect a _see_ at Achadh-Fobhair, when he said: "I would remain here,
on a small plot of land, after circumambulating churches and fastnesses;
for I am infirm, I would not go." The angel said to Patrick:

"Everything you select shall be yours--
Every land, whether plain or rough,
Both hills and churches,
Both glens and woods,
After circumambulating churches and fastnesses
Though infirm, that you shall select."


Then Patrick left two trout alive in the well, and they will be there for
ever, as he said:

"The two inseparable trout,
Which would advance against perpetual streams,
Without obligation, without transgression--
Angels will be along with them in it."

Patrick went to Cruachan-Aighle on the Saturday of Whitsuntide. The
angel went to converse with him, and said to him: "God will not give thee
what thou demandest; for He thinks the demands weighty and immense and