Muthill Saints : A parish of confusion

An interdisciplinary article (Onomastics/Scottish History). The Scottish parish of Muthill in Perthshire, was of historical importance in the Diocese of Dunblane. In the article I show that most of the work done on dedications to saints in Muthill in the past was incorrect. The article's relevance for Scottish History relates to work done by Thomas O. Clancy. He has hypothesized that the "migration" of church dedications from the West to the East of Scotland reflects the movement of various leaders of Cenel Comgaill, one leading group in the formerly independent kingdom of Dalriada, as a result of secular relationships in the East of Scotland to a power centre of Pictland. Two Pictish kings at the beginning of of the 7th century had a Cenel Comgaill father and a Pictish mother. I demonstrate that three churches in Muthill Parish reflect three of the most important saints from the western homeland of Cenel Comgaill.