Date unknown. The name of this virgin is registered in the
martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal. Glen-Seichis is the old
name of Kilbroney or Kilbronach in County Down near Rostrevor, Ireland,
which takes its present name from her. Saint Bronach's Bell is the
subject of a well-known Irish legend of a mysterious, invisible bell
that rang in Kilbroney churchyard.
In 1885, a storm ripped down an old oak tree near Kilbroney, and in its
branches was found a 6th-century bell. For many years the denizens
heard a bell ringing and attributed it to a supernatural origin. It
seems, however, that the bell was hidden during the Reformation to
prevent its removal or destruction. Over the years the tongue had worn
away, so the bell stopped ringing, yet talk of it did not. The bell and
Bronach's cross can now be found at the parish church of Rostrevor
(
Attwater2,
Benedictines,
D'Arcy,
Husenbeth,
Montague,
Muirhead,
Neeson).