-
legend that he
preceded Saint Patrick is questionable. Ciarán was
bishop of
Saighir (Seir-Kieran) and
remains the
patron saint of its successor, the diocese...
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Saighir (Seir Kieran; also
named Seirkieran, in
Irish Saighir Chiaráin), is a
monastic site in Clareen,
County Offaly,
founded by Ciarán of Saigir. According...
- March. The
saint is
mainly known as a
disciple and
successor of
Ciaran of
Saighir (the Elder) and the
tutor and
fosterer of his
greater namesake,
Saint Carthage...
-
related in Brendan's Life.
Saint Ciarán of
Saighir (Seir-Kieran). In the
Martyrology of Oengus,
saint Ciarán of
Saighir is not
listed as one of the
twelve apostles...
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Surviving hagiographic works,
especially those relating to St. Ciarán of
Saighir,
attest that
Osraige was the
first Irish kingdom to
receive a Christian...
- Cathedral, is a
complete copy of an
earlier Middle Irish life of Ciarán of
Saighir, with
different parentage and a
different ending that
takes into account...
- of
Ossory and wife of Ard-Rí
Donnachadh mac
Flann Sionna;
patroness of
Saighir Sadhbh O'****van,
member of the band The
Isohels "Sadhbh Trinseach", name...
-
artist Ciarán
Whelan (born 1976),
Irish Gaelic footballer Saint Ciarán
Saighir or Ciarán the
Elder Saint Ciarán of
Clonmacnoise or Ciarán the Younger...
- but is of
early date. One tale
tells of when Sithney,
abbot pro tem of
Saighir had oversta**** a
visit to Mo Lua and was
concerned about crossing the River...
-
Catholic Diocese of Ossory. The
earliest recorded seat of the
bishops was at
Saighir,
later moved to Aghaboe, and this
appears to have been the prin****l church...
