According to local tradition, on his last journey he was killed by Danish vikings, probably at Teampull, around nine miles up the Strathnaver from Farr, where he had built a cell; and was buried near the River Naver, not far from his cell, where his grave is still marked by "a rough cross-marked stone".
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid | Ruba'i | Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i | Máel Umai mac Báetáin | Máel Sechnaill | Máel Ruba | Máel Muire mac Céilechair | Máel Muire ingen Cináeda | Mael Mórdha |
The church in Contin is dedicated to St Maelrubha or Máel Ruba and is on Contin Island which lies in the Black Water (Conon) and is reached from the rest of the village by two bridges, one foot and the other road.