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The Martyrology of Tallaght lists the feast dates of five principal [[Declán of Ardmore#The pre-Patrician saints of Munster|Pre-Patrician Christian Saints]] as being [[Abbán|Abbán of Moyarny]], [[Ailbe of Emly]], [[Ciarán of Saigir]], [[Declán of Ardmore]] and [[Ibar of Beggerin]]. All are said to be originally from [[Munster]] and also as being the earliest recorded Christian Saints that had existed in Ireland prior to the arrival of [[Saint Patrick]]. Most notable of the five is Ailbe of [[Emly]], he is the patron saint of Munster and also known as St Eilfyw in Wales, where he founded a tiny community called [[St Elvis, Pembrokeshire|St Elvis]] in Wales believed to have been one of the smallest parishes to be established in Britain, which is named after him, its just four miles north of the ancient city of [[St&nbsp;Davids]]. ItsIt's been suggested by certain scholars that it was Saint Ailbe who baptised [[Saint David]] 454 AD at [[Porthclais|Port Clais]] in [[Dyfed]]. In 2000 [[Terry Breverton]], a lecturer at Cardiff University, while promoting his book, suggested that the rock star [[Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley's]] ancestral roots came from the Celtic prehistoric site of [[Preseli Hills]] in Pembrokeshire and may have had links to a chapel at [[St Elvis, Pembrokeshire|St Elvis]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ezard |first1=John |title='Saintly' Elvis Presili hailed as a son of Wales |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jun/02/johnezard |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 June 2000 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Elvis the King of Cymru |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/774228.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=25 August 2019 |date=5 June 2000}}</ref>