Cinaedh, and all the others witnessed this miracle they were filled
with amazement and gave thanks to God and to Declan when they came to
know that it was he who wrought it. Now the place where the castle
stands is not far from the Suir, i.e. on the south side of it and the
place from which Declan cast the staff is beside a ford which is in
the Suir or a stream which flows beside the monastery called Mag Laca
[Molough] which the holy virgins, daughters of the king of Decies,
have built in honour of God. There is a pile of stones and a cross
in the place to commemorate this miracle.

42. On another occasion there approached a foreign fleet towards
Declan's city and this was their design--to destroy and to plunder it
of persons and of cattle, because they (the foreigners) were people
hostile to the faith. Many members of the community ran with great
haste to tell Declan of the fleet which threatened the town and to
request him to beg the assistance of God against the invaders.
Declan knew the man amongst his own disciples who was holiest and
most abounding in grace, scil., Ultan, already mentioned, and him he
ordered to pray to God against the fleet. Ultan had pity on the
Christian people and he went instantly, at the command of Declan, in
front of the fleet and he held his left hand against it, and, on the
spot, the sea swallowed them like sacks full of lead, and the drowned
sailors were changed into large rocks which stand not far from the
mouth of the haven where they are visible (standing) high out of the
sea from that time till now. All Christians who witnessed this
rejoiced and were glad and they gave great praise and glory to God
and to Declan their own patron who caused the working of this miracle
and of many other miracles besides. Next there arose a contention
between Ultan and Declan concerning this miracle, for Ultan
attributed it to Declan and Declan credited it to Ultan; and it has