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Saint Fiacc

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Saint Fiacc (c. 415-520) was a poet, the chief bishop of Leinster, and founder of two churches. [1]

14 relations: Bard, Barley, Brigid of Kildare, Carlow, Dubthach maccu Lugair, Irish language, Jocelyn of Furness, Leinster, Lent, Ollamh Érenn, Saint Patrick, Sletty, Uí Bairrche, Uí Ceinnselaig.

Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional story teller, verse-maker and music composer, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble), to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.

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Barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.

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Brigid of Kildare

Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland (Naomh Bríd; Brigida; 525) is one of Ireland's patron saints, along with Patrick and Columba.

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Carlow

Carlow is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin.

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Dubthach maccu Lugair

Dubthach maccu Lugair (fl. fifth century), is a legendary Irish poet and lawyer who supposedly lived at the time of St Patrick's mission in Ireland and in the reign of Lóegaire mac Néill, high-king of Ireland.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Jocelyn of Furness

Jocelyn of Furness (fl. 1175-1214) was an English Cistercian hagiographer, known for his Lives of Saint Waltheof, Saint Patrick, Saint Kentigern and Saint Helena of Constantinople.

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Leinster

Leinster (— Laighin / Cúige Laighean — /) is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland.

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Lent

Lent (Latin: Quadragesima: Fortieth) is a solemn religious observance in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later, before Easter Sunday.

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Ollamh Érenn

The Ollamh Érenn or Chief Ollam of Ireland was a professional title of Gaelic Ireland.

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Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick (Patricius; Pádraig; Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland.

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Sletty

Sletty, Sleaty, or Slatey (Sléibhte, 'mountains', in Irish), is a civil parish in County Laois, Ireland.

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Uí Bairrche

Uí Bairrche was an Irish kin-based group that originally held lands in the south of the ancient province of Leinster (or Cóiced Laigen "the Fifth of the Laigin").

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Uí Ceinnselaig

The Uí Ceinnselaig (also Uí Cheinnselaig, Anglicized as Kinsella), from the Old Irish "grandsons of Cennsalach", are an Irish dynasty of Leinster who trace their descent from Énnae Cennsalach, a supposed contemporary of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

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Redirects here:

Fiacc, Fiach of Sletty, Fiach the Scholiast, Siant Fiacc, St.Fiacc.

References

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

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