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A female Irish saint, a virgin who served as a prioress or abbess of a convent at Ouchter Ard. 8 March [90] Derlugdacha 5th century, late Kildare monastery 2nd Abbess of Kildare 1 Feb [91] Díchu mac Trichim: 5th century Irish Saul, Co. Down Ulster saint, of the Dál Fiatach. A chieftain who became the first convert of St. Patrick. 29 April [20 ...
St. Finnian imparting his blessing to the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin, Irish: Dhá Aspal Déag na hÉireann) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finnian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Erard's Meadow), now Clonard in County Meath.
Bl. Edmund Ignatius Rice, the first Irish-born Catholic to be beatified after the English Reformation. This page is a list of post-reformation saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God in Ireland, as recognised by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in Ireland.
Born in Ireland, he founded a school for boys under the patronage of Charlemagne and figures in the Carolingian Renaissance of learning.. A monk of St. Gall, usually identified as Notker the Stammerer, who wrote a Life of Charlemagne dedicated to Charles the Fat (d. 888), says that Clement with his unnamed companion, both "Scots of Ireland" [1] travelling in the company of traders, arrived on ...
Medieval Irish saints (9 C, 172 P) ... Pages in category "Irish Roman Catholic saints" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
St Grellan's Boys' National School, now Scoil an Chroí Naofa, was also named in his honour. Also in Ballinasloe, Grellan's Well is located in the townland of Tobergrellan (meaning Grellan's Well). The local branch of Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League) is named Craobh Ghrealláin in honour of the saint. Although rare, Grellan is a boy's ...
Irish royal saints (3 P) R. Irish Roman Catholic saints (2 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Irish saints" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Various legends are connected to St Ciarán. One of the most famous relates that it was his cow – which he took with him as payment when he went to Clonard and gave milk to all at the Abbey – which supplied the parchment for the Leobr na h'Uidre, Book of the Dun Cow, one of the oldest and most important Irish literary collections, compiled by a Clonmacnoise scribe in 1106.