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Ciarán of Clonmacnoise

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Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (c. 516 – c. 549), supposedly born Ciarán mac an tSaeir ("son of the carpenter")), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and the first abbot of Clonmacnoise. He is sometimes called Ciarán the Younger to distinguish him from the 5th-century Saint Ciarán the Elder who was bishop of Osraige. His name produced many variant spellings, including Ceran, Kieran and Queran. [1]

33 relations: Abbot of Clonmacnoise, Birr, County Offaly, Bishop of Ossory, Boston, Calendar of saints, Catholic Church, Ciarán of Saigir, Clonard Abbey, Clonmacnoise, Coarb, Columba, Connacht, County Offaly, County Roscommon, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Dublin 15, Eastern Orthodox Church, Enda of Aran, Finnian of Clonard, Heredity, History of Christianity in Ireland, Inis Cathaigh, Inishmore, Lebor na hUidre, List of Catholic saints, National Museum of Ireland, Osraige, Parchment, Saint Cera, Satchel, Senán mac Geirrcinn, Twelve Apostles of Ireland, 6th century in Ireland.

Abbot of Clonmacnoise

The Abbot of Clonmacnoise was the monastic head of Clonmacnoise.

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Birr, County Offaly

Birr (Biorra, meaning "plain of water") is a town in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Bishop of Ossory

The Bishop of Ossory is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Ciarán of Saigir

Ciarán of Saigir (5th century &ndash), also known as Ciarán mac Luaigne or Saint Kieran (Cieran), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and is considered the first saint to have been born in Ireland,Catholic Online.

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Clonard Abbey

Clonard Abbey (Irish, Cluain Eraird, or Cluain Iraird, "Erard's Meadow") was an early medieval monastery situated on the River Boyne in the Republic of Ireland, just beside the traditional boundary line of the northern and southern halves of Ireland in modern County Meath.

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Clonmacnoise

The monastery of Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nóis in Irish, meaning "Meadow of the Sons of Nós", or perhaps, albeit less likely, Cluain Muccu Nóis "Meadow of the Pigs of Nós") is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone.

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Coarb

A coarb, from the Old Irish comarbae (Modern Irish comharba), meaning "heir" or "successor", was a distinctive office of the medieval church among the Gaels of Ireland and Scotland.

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Columba

Saint Columba (Colm Cille, 'church dove'; Columbkille; 7 December 521 – 9 June 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission.

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Connacht

ConnachtPage five of An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Contaetha agus Cúigí) 2003 clearly lists the official spellings of the names of the four provinces of the country with Connacht listed for both languages; when used without the term 'The province of' / 'Cúige'.

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County Offaly

County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland.

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County Roscommon

County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin) is a county in Ireland.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Dublin 15

Dublin 15, also rendered as D15, is a postal district in the suburbs of Dublin in Fingal, Ireland.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, also known as the Orthodox Church, or officially as the Orthodox Catholic Church, is the second-largest Christian Church, with over 250 million members.

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Enda of Aran

Saint Enda of Aran (Éanna, Éinne or Endeus, died 530 AD) is an Irish saint.

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Finnian of Clonard

Saint Finnian of Clonard ('Cluain Eraird') – also Finian, Fionán or Fionnán in Irish; or Vennianus and Vinniaus in its Latinised form (470–549) – was one of the early Irish monastic saints, who founded Clonard Abbey in modern-day County Meath.

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Heredity

Heredity is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring, either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.

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History of Christianity in Ireland

This article details the history of Christianity in Ireland.

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Inis Cathaigh

Inis Cathaigh or Scattery Island is an island in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, off the coast of Kilrush, County Clare.

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Inishmore

Inis Mór (Árainn, Árainn Mhór or Inis Mór) is the largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay in Ireland and has an area of.

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Lebor na hUidre

Lebor na hUidre or the Book of the Dun Cow (MS 23 E 25) is an Irish vellum manuscript dating to the 12th century.

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List of Catholic saints

This is an incomplete list of people and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.

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National Museum of Ireland

The National Museum of Ireland (Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann) is Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history.

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Osraige

Osraige, also known as Osraighe or Ossory (modern Osraí), was a medieval Irish kingdom comprising most of present-day County Kilkenny and western County Laois.

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Parchment

Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats.

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Saint Cera

Saint Cera of Ireland (alternately Chera, Chier, Ciara, Cyra, Keira, Kiara, Kiera, Cier, Ciar) was an abbess in the 7th century who died in 679.

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Satchel

A satchel is a bag, often with a strap.

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Senán mac Geirrcinn

Senán mac Geircinn (fl. 6th century) is a prominent Munster saint in Irish tradition, founder of Inis Cathaig (Scattery Island, Iniscathy) and patron of the Corco Baiscinn and the Uí Fhidgeinte.

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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 Finian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Eraird's Meadow), now Clonard in County Meath.

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6th century in Ireland

Events from the 6th century in Ireland.

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Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, Ciaran the Younger, Ciarán mac int Sair, Ciarán the Younger, Kieran the Younger, Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, Saint Queranus of Clonmacnoise.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciarán_of_Clonmacnoise

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