The memory of this event is still preserved in the name Saull, the modern contraction of _Sabhall Padruic_, or Patrick's Barn.

The saint was especially attached to the scene of his first missionary success, and frequently retired to the monastery which was established there later.
After a brief residence with the new converts, Patrick set out for the habitation of his old master, Milcho, who lived near Slieve Mis, in the present county of Antrim, then part of the territory called Dalriada.

It is said that when Milcho heard of the approach of his former slave, he became so indignant, that, in a violent fit of passion, he set fire to his house, and perished himself in the flames.

The saint returned to Saull, and from thence journeyed by water to the mouth of the Boyne, where he landed at a small port called Colp.

Tara was his destination; but on his way thither he stayed a night at the house of a man of property named Seschnan.