Manchán, Mainchín, Manchéne and a variety of other spellings may refer to:

Places

Manaccan Manaccan (; ) is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village on the The Lizard, Lizard peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about five miles (8 km) south-southwest of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth. ...

, south

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

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People

Saints

* Ireland ** Mainchín of Limerick (''fl''. late 6th century), son of Sétna, patron saint of Limerick. Feast day: 29 December. ** Manchán of Lemanaghan (d. 665), son of Sillán, patron of Liath Mancháin, now Lemanaghan, in County Offaly. Feast day: 20 or 24 January. ** Manchán of Min Droichit (d. 652), also Manchéne, scholar and abbot of Min Droichit (Co. Offaly). Feast day: 2 January. ** Mainchín of Corann, son of Collán. Feast day: 13 January. **

Manchán of Mohill Manchan , (), was an early Christian saint credited with founding many early Christian churches in Ireland. His life is obscured because Mainchín, many people named Manchan are found among the Monasticism, monastically-inclined Middle Ages, Me ...

, (d. 538), linked to Mohill, co. Leitrim and his Shrine. Feast day: 14 February **

Manchán of Athleague Saint Maonacan, otherwise Manchan (, , floruit, fl. A.D. 500) of Athleague (, "the stony-ford of St. Manchan" or "ford of flagstones", ), was an early Irish Christian saint. He founded a church in Athleague, in county Roscommon. Saint Manchan's ...

, (fl. 500), patron saint of

Athleague Athleague () is a village and a parish in the Diocese of Elphin on the River Suck in the west of Ireland in County Roscommon, near the town of Roscommon. The village is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. ...

, county Roscommon. Invoked against disease. * Scotland **

St Machan Machan or Machanus was a twelfth-century Scottish saint. He was educated in Ireland and was ordained as a bishop in Rome. He is known for his missionary work around Clachan of Campsie (or Campsie Glen), near Glasgow. Machan built a small chapel ...

, 12th century Scottish Saint. * Wales ** Mawgan, Meugan, Meigant, (fl. 5th or 6th century), refers to one or two Brythonic saints of

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

(Mawgan) and

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

(Meugan). **

Mannacus Mybbard and Mancus were two Cornish saints of the 6th century. Meubred Mybbard (Mewbred or Mebbred),also known as Calrogus was a 6th century hermit and is a local Cornish saint said to be the son of a King of Ireland. Very little is known of ...

, 6th century,

Caer Gybi (fort) Caer Gybi was a small castra, fortlet in Wales in the Roman Era, Roman Wales in the Roman province of Britannia Superior. Its name in Latin is unknown. Today it stands at the centre of Holyhead in the Welsh county of Anglesey. Caergybi (or Holyh ...

in Wales.

First name

* Manchán Magan, Irish poem writer {{given name, hndis fr:Machan de Lemanaghan