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Saint Comgall (c. 510–520 – 597/602), an
early Irish saint, was the
founder and
abbot of the
great Irish monastery at
Bangor in Ireland.
Comgall was born...
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Comgall mac
Domangairt was king of Dál
Riata in the
early 6th century. He was the son of
Domangart Réti and
grandson of
Fergus Mór. The
Annals of Ulster...
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Bangor Abbey was
established by
Saint Comgall in 558 in Bangor,
County Down,
Northern Ireland and was
famous for its
learning and
austere rule. It is...
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mermaid form, she was
spotted by the ship
carrying a
messenger sent by St.
Comgall to Rome. She
promised to meet at the
seaport inlet of
Inbhear nOllarbha...
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important and
influential monastery founded in the 6th
century by
Saint Comgall.
Bangor grew
during the 17th
century Plantation of Ulster, when many Scottish...
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following his father's death,
Fergus Mór. He had at
least two sons:
Comgall and Gabrán, both of whom
became kings in succession. The
Tripartite Life...
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recorded as
being a
disciple and
second or
third successor of
Saint Comgall, who was the
founder and
first abbot of the
Benedictine monastery at Bangor...
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contemporary of the
better known Columba of Iona and
disciple of
Saint Comgall, he was
prior of
Bangor Abbey in
County Down,
Ireland before making his...
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Glasnevin was
frequented by such
famous men as
Cainnech of Aghaboe,
Comgall, and Ciarán. A
pestilence which devastated Ireland in 544
caused the dispersion...
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annals plausibly report the
deaths of
kings of Dál Riata, with the
death of
Comgall mac Domangairt, c. 538–545, and of his
brother Gabrán, c. 558–560. After...
