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It is located in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, in Ireland. The saint to whom the cathedral is dedicated is Máedóc of Ferns (feast day 31 January), also known as Áedan or Aidan, who died in 626, [1] and not to be confused with St. Aidan of Lindisfarne (feast day 31 August), an Irish missionary who died in 651.
It is a far cry back to the year 598, when the See of Ferns was established, with St. Aedan (Mo-Aedh-og or Mogue) as first Bishop. During his episcopate thirty churches and numerous monasteries were founded. St. Ibar, St. Abban, St. Brendan, and St. Senan were also early labourers in the diocese. St.
Áed was born c. 558 at Inisbrefny (an island in Templeport Lake), in the area then known as Magh Slécht, now the parish of Templeport, County Cavan. [3] In the Welsh genealogies of the saints, Aeddan is called the son of Gildas or Aneurin, sons of Caw, king of Strathclyde; Irish sources make him a son of Sedna, a chieftain of Connaught and his wife Eithne and a first cousin of St. Dallán ...
Ferns — St Aidan’s Monastery of Adoration Family of Adoration nuns founded 1990, on the site of a parochial church (built 1826) demolished 1970s St Aidan [1] Fethard Abbey early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Abban, patronized by St Maedoc Fiodh-ard; Fetherde
He ended the game with a winners' medal following the victory. On 18 November 2007, Morris lined out when Ferns St Aidan's suffered a 1–15 to 3–07 defeat by Clonkill in the Leinster final. [2] On 20 October 2013, Morris lined out at centre-forward when Ferns St Aidan's faced Oulart-the Ballagh in the Wexford Senior Championship final. He ...
Born in Ferns, County Wexford, Byrne first played competitive hurling during his schooling at FCJ Secondary School in Bunclody. [1] He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Wexford minor team before later joining the under-21 side. [2] He made his senior debut during the 2014 league. Byrne has ...
Ferns St Aidan's has three full-sized adult pitches (one of which is the exact dimensions of Croke Park, and is regularly used by county teams for training) as well as a smaller, underage, pitch. The club also have a hurling wall for practice sessions, a clubhouse with four dressing rooms and a meeting room, two tennis courts and a walkway ...
Naomh Éanna were the defending champions; however, they were defeated by Ferns St Aidan's at the quarter-final stage. [1] [2] On 27 October 2019, St Martin's won the championship after a 1–15 to 1–12 defeat of St Anne's Rathangan in the final at Innovate Wexford Park. [3]