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Scaithin

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Scaithin, early Medieval Irish saint.

Biography

Scaithin was the builder of an oratory on Inishbofin, Galway, used into the 20th century as a children's burial ground. His feast day is 2 January. Scoithín is a variant form of the name, and is that of a saint with links to County Kilkenny, where his seven sons became bishops.

See also

References

  • Inisbofin:Guide to the Natural History & Archaeology, Dave Hogan and Michael Gibbons.
  • A Guide to Connemara's Early Christian Sites, Anthony Previté, Oughterard, 2008. ISBN 978 0 9560062 0 2