Marnock

Veneration and legacy

A strong cult of veneration developed for Marnock after his death, particularly in the region of the Scottish Borders.

The strength of Marnock's cult in the centuries that followed his death is demonstrated in the great number of locations, in Scotland as well as in Ireland, named in his honour, including:

Ardmonoch, a locality within Kilfinan in Argyll and Bute Dalmarnock a district within Glasgow Inchmarnoch, an island on the River Dee in Aberdeenshire where Marnock established a chapel and, by some accounts, died and was buried A local school also bears his name. Naomh Mearnóg CLG, a GAA club in Portmarnock Marnoch, a parish in Aberdeenshire Marnock Oil Field, at the centre of the Eastern Trough Area Project, 150 miles east of Aberdeen under the North Sea.