List of saints of Ireland

{{Short description|none}} [[File:Nuremberg chronicles f 145v 4.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Saint Patrick, woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle]] In Christianity, certain deceased Christians are recognized as saints, including some from Ireland. The vast majority of these saints lived during the 4th–10th centuries, the period of early Christian Ireland, when Celtic Christianity produced many missionaries to Great Britain and the European continent. The exact number of Irish saints is not known but the Martyrology of Donegal lists 1000 saints, male and female.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Martyrology Of Donegal: A Calendar Of The Saints Of Ireland |date=2007-07-25 |publisher=Kessinger Publishing |isbn=978-0-548-22367-3 |editor-last=Todd |editor-first=James H. |language=English |translator-last=O'Donovan |translator-first=John}}</ref> For this reason, Ireland in a 19th-century adage is described as '''"the land of saints and scholars"'''.<ref name=":1">''The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church'', Volume 3, John and Charles Mozley (1852), [https://books.google.com/books?id=jN1OAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA215 p. 215].</ref>

Christianity was introduced into Ireland toward the end of the 4th century. The details of the introduction are obscure, though the strict ascetic nature of monasticism in Ireland is said to be derived from the practices of the Desert Fathers. Although there were some Christians in Ireland before Patrick, who was a native of Roman Britain, he played a significant role in its full Christianisation.

Some of the best-known saints are Saint Patrick, Colmcill, Brigid of Kildare and the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.

After 1000, the process of recognizing saints was formalized, after which fewer people were named saints. Those canonized in the modern era include Oliver Plunkett (d. 1681, canonized 1975 by Pope Paul VI) and Charles of Mount Argus (d. 1893, canonized in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI).

== Veneration == The medieval Irish saints were venerated locally in the areas in which they lived or established churches. With the Viking invasions, Irish churches were frequently ransacked and saints' relics and shrines were often destroyed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-25 |title=Relics of St. Brigid to return home to Kildare 1,500 years after her death |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kildare/news/relics-of-st-brigid-to-return-home-to-kildare-1500-years-after-her-death/a448576246.html |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Annals of Kildare – Kildare Local History . ie |url=https://kildarelocalhistory.ie/kildare/history-of-kildare-town/the-annals-of-kildare/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=kildarelocalhistory.ie}}</ref>

==Early saints== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:0px;text-align:left;"

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|- valign="top" | Abbán moccu Corbmaic | 5th–6th centuries (d. 520?) | Leinster, Ireland | Adamstown (Mag Arnaide), County Wexford <br /> Killabban (Cell Abbáin), County Laois | Leinster and Munster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|16 March}} or {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|27 October}} |<ref name=":3">{{cite web |last=Ó Riain |first=Pádraig |author-link=Pádraig Ó Riain |title=Abbán |work=Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/abban-a0003 |access-date=2010-02-24}}</ref>

|- valign="top" | Abel of Reims | 8th century | Ireland? | | Bishop of Reims; Irish origins are questionable | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|5 August}} (Bollandists) |<ref name=":4">{{Cite encyclopedia |first=Marios |last=Costambeys |title=Abel (''fl''. 744–747) |volume=1 |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=Sep 2004 |edition=Jan 2010, online |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29 |access-date=28 April 2010 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/29 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

|- valign="top" | Abran | 5th–6th centuries (d. 515) | Ireland | | Sailed to Brittany with siblings, lived as hermit by Marne River | |<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4UAAAAQAAJ&dq=Abraham+of+Nethpra&pg=PA7 Holweck, F. G., ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''], St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. p. 7</ref>

|- valign="top" | Adalgis of Thiérache | 7th century (d. 686) | Ireland |Saint-Algis Church | Worked as a missionary in Arras and Laon, was a disciple of Fursey. | 2 June |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1114|title=St. Adalgis|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 29 October 2009.</ref> |frameless|293x293px |- valign="top" | Adomnán | 7th century (d. 704) | Ireland | Iona | Abbot of Iona, politically active churchman, writer; promulgated the ''Cáin Adomnáin'' |  |<ref name=":5">Ní Dhonnchadha, "Adomnán [St Adomnán] (627/8?–704)"</ref>

|- valign="top" | Adomnán of Coldingham | 7th century (d. 680) | Ireland | | Confessor, prophet, monk at Coldingham, noted for the gift of prophecy | |<ref>[https://saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk/saint.php?id=203 "Adomnán of Coldingham", Saints in Scottish Place-Names]</ref>

|- valign="top" | Áed mac Bricc | 6th century | Irish, of the Cenél Fiachach | Rahugh and Killare, County Westmeath, and Slieve League, County Donegal | Meath saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|10 November }} |<ref name=ODNBMeath>Stalmans, Nathalie and T.M. Charles-Edwards, "Meath, saints of (act. ''c''.400–''c''.900)"</ref>

|- valign="top" | Áed of Clonmore | 7th century (d. 659?) | Irish, of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty, north Leinster | Clonmore (Cluain Mór Máedóc), County Carlow | Leinster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|11 April}} |<ref name=ODNBLeinster>Doherty, "Leinster, saints of (act. ''c''.550–''c''.800)"</ref>

|- valign="top" | Aedan of Ferns, see Máedóc of Ferns | | | | | | |- valign="top" | Aidan of Lindisfarne | 7th century (d. 651) | Connacht, Ireland | Lindisfarne | First Bishop of Lindisfarne, invited by king Oswald to reconvert Northumbria | |<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233d.htm|title=St. Aidan of Lindisfarne|encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia}} Retrieved on 28 October 2009.</ref> |100px

|- valign="top" | Ailbe of Emly | 6th century (d. 534?) | Munster, Ireland | Emly | First Bishop of Emly | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|12 September}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster>Johnston, "Munster, saints of (act. ''c''.450–''c''.700)."</ref>

|- valign="top" | Alto of Altomünster | 8th century | Ireland | Altomünster | Founder of Altomünster, missionary to Bavaria, hermit and Benedictine | |<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01367b.htm|title=St. Alto|encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia}} Retrieved on 3 November 2009.</ref> |- valign="top" | Andrew the Scot | 9th century | Ireland | Fiesole, Tuscany | Archdeacon at Fiesole in Tuscany, studied under Donatus, gave to the poor | |<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01474c.htm|title=St. Andrew the Scot|encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia}} Retrieved on 3 November 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Assicus (Tassach) | 5th century | Ireland | Elphin | Ulster saint, first Bishop of Elphin, converted by Patrick, smith and bellfounder to Patrick | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|27 April}} |<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01800a.htm|title=St. Assicus|encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia}} Retrieved on 3 November 2009.</ref><ref name=ODNBUlster>Charles-Edwards, "Ulster, saints of (''act''. ''c''.400–''c''.650)."</ref>

|- valign="top" | Athracht | 5th–6th centuries | Ireland | Killaraght and Toberaraght | Connacht saint, nun under Patrick and associated with Killaraght and Toberaraght, founded a hostel at Lough Gara | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|11 August}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht>Charles-Edwards, "Connacht, saints of (act. ''c''.400–''c''.800)."</ref>

|- valign="top" | Balin | 7th century | Northumbria | | Gerald of Mayo's brother, disciple of Colmán, resided in Connacht | |<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4UAAAAQAAJ&dq=Abraham+of+Nethpra&pg=PA7 Holweck, F. G., ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''], St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. p. 129</ref>

|- valign="top" | Balthere | 8th century (d. 756) | Ireland | | Hermit and priest, moved to Lindisfarne, known as ''Apostle of the Lothians'' | |<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02220a.htm|title=St. Baldred|encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia}} Retrieved on 8 November 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Barinthus |6th century |Ulster, Ireland or Scotland | |Supposed companion of St. Brendan who may also have had a connection to St. Finbarr | |<ref>{{ODNBweb|id=1609|title=Barinthus|first=David E.|last=Thornton}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Barrfoin | 6th century | Ireland | Drum Cullen, County Offaly | Missionary at Drum Cullen, friend of Columba, joined voyage of Brendan | | |- valign="top" | Banban the Wise | 5th century | Ireland | Templeport, County Cavan | Missionary at Templeport, related to Saint Patrick | |<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1678|title=St. Barrfoin|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 8 November 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Bécán | 6th century | Ireland | Kilbeggan, County Westmeath | Founder of Kilbeggan, Westmeath, worked in a monastery there | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1721|title=St. Bécán|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 8 November 2009.</ref> |- valign="top" | Bega | | Ireland | | Princess, valued virginity, moved to Northumbria to avoid pirates | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1723|title=St. Bega|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 28 October 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Benignus of Armagh | 5th century | Meath, Ireland | | Patrick's psalm-singer, favourite disciple, helped compile ''Senchus Mór'' | |<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02479b.htm|title=St. Benignus|encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia}} Retrieved on 8 November 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Béoáed mac Ocláin | 6th century (d. 520/4) | Connacht, Ireland | Ardcarne (''Ard Carna'') | Bishop of Ardcarne | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|7 March}} or {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|8 March}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Beoán of Ard Camrois, Mo Bheóc | ? | Ireland | Ard Camrois/Ard Cáinrois, Munster; Ros Caín, Connacht | Munster and Connacht saint  | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|16 December}} |<ref name="Beoan">Johnston, "Beoán (''supp. fl''. 1012x24)"</ref>

|- valign="top" | Beóán of Mortlach | 11th century (''fl''. 1012 x 1024) | "possibly of Irish origin" | Mortlach | Bishop of Mortlach, Scotland | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|16 December}}, possibly owing to confusion with the previous saint |<ref name="Beoan" />

|- valign="top" | Beoc | 5th century | Ireland | Lough Derg, County Donegal | Founded St Patrick's Purgatory monastery at Lough Derg, Donegal | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1747|title=St. Beoc|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Berach | 6th–7th centuries | Connacht, Ireland | Tarmonbarry; Cluain Coirpthe | Founder of Tarmonbarry and Cluain Coirpthe, disciple of Kevin and nephew of Freoch, belonged to the Cenél nDobtha of the Uí Briúin | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|15 February}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1749|title=St. Berach|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref>

|- |Berchert |7th-8th centuries |England |Tullylease, County Cork St Berrihert's Kyle, County Tipperary |An exile of the "Celtic party" following the victory of the "Roman party" at the Synod of Whitby, 664. |6 December |<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bonner|first1=Gerald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jPRV2hUGE8C&dq=berchert+saint+ireland&pg=PA199|title=St. Cuthbert, His Cult and His Community to AD 1200|last2=Rollason|first2=David W.|last3=Stancliffe|first3=Clare|date=1989|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=978-0-85115-610-1|language=en}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Blathmac | 8th–9th centuries (d. 823) | Ireland | Iona | Abbot of Iona, martyred by Danish Vikings, killed on altar steps of the abbey at Iona | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1798|title=St. Blaithmaic|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref> |- |Blath of Kildare |6th century |Irish |Kildare town, Co. Kildare |A virgin saint, one of the companions of St. Brigid. She was a cook in the convent of St. Brigid at Kildare. |29 January |<ref>[https://www.catholicnursesjoliet.org/2024/01/29/feast-of-st-blath-of-kildare-6/ "Feast of St. Blath of Kildare", Council of Catholic Nurses, Diocese of Joliet]</ref> |- valign="top" | Boadin | | Ireland | | Monk, moved to France, known for kindness and living the Rule of Benedict | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1804|title=St. Boadin|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Boethian of Pierrepoint | 7th century | Ireland | Pierrepoint (France) | Founder of Pierrepoint (France), disciple of Fursey, martyred by rebellious monks | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1811|title=St. Boethian|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref> |- valign="top" | Brandan | 5th century | Ireland | | Monk, fought Pelagianism in Britain, Abbot in Gaul after fleeing | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1826|title=St. Brandan|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Breage | 5th century | Ireland | | Nun, follower of Brigid of Kildare, settled by River Hayle, Dumnonia | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1829|title=St. Breaca|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Brendan of Clonfert | 5th–6th centuries | Tralee, Ireland | Clonfert | Founder of Clonfert, monk, and remembered as a voyager to mysterious islands | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|16 May}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=170|title=St. Brendan|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref> | 100px |- valign="top" | Brendan mac Nemainn | 6th century | Irish | Birr, County Offaly | Meath saint; founder of Birr; contemporary of the younger Brendan of Clonfert; came to be regarded as one of the "Twelve Apostles of Ireland" | {{dts |29 November}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Briarch | 7th century (d. 627) | Ireland | | Abbot and founder of monastery in Brittany. Closely associated with Tudwal | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1833|title=St. Briarch|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref> |- |Brianhuil/Brenhilda |7th century |Ireland |Sula Sgeir, Scotland |The sister of St. Ronan of Iona, who lived as a hermitess and died on Sula Sgeir |? |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Ronan's Dick Harris |url=https://saintronans.co.uk/history/whowassaintronan.php |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=saintronans.co.uk}}</ref> |- |Brigit |5th century |Ireland |Cluain Fidhe or Inis Fidhe (Finish/Feenish Island, Co. Clare) |A virgin saint and an abbess associated with Finish Island who was mentioned in the life of St. Senan of Inis Cathaig. | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clare Places - Finish Island |url=https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/finish_island1.htm |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=www.clarelibrary.ie}}</ref> | |- valign="top" | Brigit of Kildare | 5th–6th centuries | Irish, of the Fothairt.

Born in Faughart, Dundalk<ref name="Story of St. Brigid">{{cite web|url=http://www.stbrigid.ie/story-of-st-brigid.html|title=Story of St. Brigid|work=St. Brigid's GNS, Glasnevin}}</ref><ref name="irishcatholic.ie">{{cite web|url=http://irishcatholic.ie/article/following-brigid%E2%80%99s-way|title=Following Brigid's Way – The Irish Catholic|date=12 October 2023 }}</ref> | Kildare | Leinster, Louth, and Meath saint, also a patron saint of Ireland, founder and patron of Kildare | {{dts |1 February}} |<ref>Charles-Edwards, "Brigit (439/452–524/526)"</ref> | 100px |- valign="top" | Bricín or Bricíne | 7th century | Ireland | Tomregan (Túaim Dreccon), County Cavan | Abbot of Túaim Dreccon | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=453|title=St. Brigid of Ireland|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Broccán Clóen | 7th century | Ireland | Ross Tuirc | Abbot of Ross Tuirc, Ossory, author of a hymn to St Brigit | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=572|title=St. Brogan|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 13 November 2009.</ref> |- |Broccán/Brychan |5th century |Ireland |Brycheiniog, Wales |An Irish king or chieftain who travelled to Wales, settling in Brecknock, where he had some 24 children, all saints. |6 April |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Elli |url=https://catwg.org.uk/st-elli/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=St Catwg Ministry Area |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BRYCHAN, saint (fl. mid 5th century) {{!}} Dictionary of Welsh Biography |url=https://biography.wales/article/s-BRYC-APA-0419 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=biography.wales}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Brón mac Icni | 5th–6th centuries (d. 512) | Connacht, Ireland | Caisel Irrae |Bishop of Cassel-lrra (Caisel Irrae), disciple and bishop of St Patrick | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|8 June}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Brónach | 5th–6th centuries (d. 512) | Ulster, Ireland | Kilbroney (Cell Brónche) | Ulster saint; her church was Cell Brónche (Kilbroney), later the parish church of Glen Seichis | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|2 April}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster /><ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Budoc | 6th century | ''at sea'', off Brest | Dol, Brittany | Bishop of Dol, prince, fled to Ireland following exile from his mother's kingdom | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1852|title=St. Budoc|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 28 December 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | [[Buite|Buíte [Boetius] mac Brónaig]] | 5th–6th centuries (d. 519/20) | | Monasterboice (Mainister Buíte) | Meath Saint, patron of Monasterboice | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|7 December}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Buriana | 6th century | Ireland | St Buryan | Hermitess, known for holiness at Dumnonia, venerated at St Buryan | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1854|title=St. Buriana|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 28 December 2009.</ref> |- |Cael | |Irish |Kilmainham, Dublin, and Killiney |She was a virgin and called the daughter of Maclaar. |26 October |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cael from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. |url=https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/C/cael.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online |language=en}}</ref> |- valign="top" | [[Caillín|Caillín [Caillén] mac Niataig]] | 6th century? | Irish | Fenagh, County Leitrim | {{dts |13 November}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath /> | |- valign="top" | Caimín | 7th century (d. 644?) | | Inis Celtra (Holy Island on Lough Derg) | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|25 March}} |<ref name="ODNBMunster"/> |- |Cainneach | |Irish |Achad Raithin (Munster) |A brother of St. Laidgenn and St. Accobran |28 November |<ref name=":1" /> |- valign="top" | Cainneach moccu Dálann | 6th century (521/7 – 599/600) | | Aghaboe (Achad Bó Chainnig); Kilkenny (Cill Chainnig) | Munster saint, founder and first abbot Aghaboe and Kilkenny in Osraige | {{dts | 11 October}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster /> |- |Cainnear |6th century |Irish |Cluain Clairaid (unknown) |A virgin saint and an abbess, called the daughter of Fintan. She was healed of muteness by her first cousin St. Brendan |6 November |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cainner (Cannera) {{!}} Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/cainner-cannera-a1373 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=www.dib.ie |language=en}}</ref> |- |Cainnear |6th century |Irish |Rinn hAllaidh (unknown) |A virgin saint, the daughter of Caelan |5 November |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saints in Scottish Place-Names - Cainner ingen Chóeláin |url=https://saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk/saint.php?id=186 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk}}</ref> |- |Cainnear |6th century |Irish |Cluain da Saileach (Clonsilla, Dublin) |The mother of St. Cronan Mochua of Clondalkin and six other bishop saints. |6 August |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Mochua of Clondalkin, August 6 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2013/08/saint-mochua-of-clondalkin-august-6.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Irish Saints |url=http://www.namenerds.com/irish/saint.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=www.namenerds.com}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Cainnear | 6th century (d. 530) |Irish |Inis Cathaig and Bantry, Co. Cork | The daughter of Cruithnechan, a virgin and a recluse, the stepsister of St. Senan of Inis Cathaig |28 January |<ref name=ODNBMunster /><ref>{{Cite web |last=John |title=Saint Cannera of Inis Cathaig (+ 530) |url=https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2020/01/saint-cannera-of-inis-cathaig-530.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |language=en}}</ref> |120px|Saint Cainnear (Cannera or Conaire) of Bantry |- valign="top" |Cainer (Cainnear) |? |Irish |Léthraith (?) |The daughter of Fergnai mc Fhergusa. She was mentioned in the Book of Leinster as the sister of three other female saints named Fuin, Delbnait and Deimlir. |? |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála |url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/G800011F/index.html |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=celt.ucc.ie}}</ref> | |- valign="top" |Cainer (Cainnear) |? |Irish |Cluain Corind (?) |The daughter of Airmind. Obscure saint mentioned in Book of Leinster |? |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála |url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/G800011F/index.html |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=celt.ucc.ie}}</ref> | |- valign="top" | Cairech Dergain | 6th century (d. 577/9) | | | Connacht saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|9 February}} |<ref name="ODNBConnacht" />

|- valign="top" | Cairnech of Dulane | 5th–6th centuries | British (probable) | Dulane (Tulén or Tuilián), County Meath | Meath saint, who has been identified with Saint Carannog (Carantocus) | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|16 May}} |<ref name="ODNBMeath" />

|- valign="top" | Camulacus | 5th century? | British (probably) | Rahan | Meath saint whose status as patron saint of Rahan was later eclipsed by that of Mo Chutu | {{dts |16 May}} if he is identical to Mo Chamal |<ref name="ODNBMeath" /> |- |Cassan/Cascan | |Irish |Kilcaskan, Co. Cork (Munster) |He was called the son of Maenach and was a brother of St. Fachnan of Ross. |17 Jun |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cassan (Caissin, Cassidanus, Cassidus) from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. |url=https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/C/cassan-(caissin-cassidanus-cassidus).html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kilcaskan monastic complex was in Ross Diocese |url=http://www.irishidentity.com/extras/clergy/stories/kilcaskan.htm |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=www.irishidentity.com}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Caomhán (Cavan, Kevin) | 6th century | | Inisheer | | {{dts |14 June}} |<ref>John O'Donovan, 1839, cited in Peter Harbison, ''Pilgrimage in Ireland. The monuments and the People'', 1991, p 91.</ref> |- |Caoimhe/Caomhsa |? |Irish |Tamhlacht (either in Co. Down or in Co. Dublin) |A virgin saint |25 February |<ref name="archive.org">{{Cite book |last1=O'Clery |first1=Michael |url=http://archive.org/details/martyrologydone00reevgoog |title=The martyrology of Donegal : a calendar of the saints of Ireland |last2=O'Donovan |first2=John |last3=Reeves |first3=William |last4=Todd |first4=James Henthorn |date=1864 |publisher=Dublin : Printed for the Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society by A. Thom |others=Oxford University}}</ref> |- |Caoimhe/Caemh/Coine |? |Irish (or Scottish?) |Cill Chaoimhe (possibly Kilkine in Co. Wicklow) |A virgin saint believed to be related to Saint Kevin. She is associated with Kilkine in Wicklow, though she is also stated to have been Scottish. |4 April |<ref name="archive.org"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Caemh (or Caoimhe) from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. |url=https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/C/caemh-(or-caoimhe).html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online |language=en}}</ref> |- |Caolán/Caelán (or ''Mochaoi'') |5th century |Irish |Nendrum Island |The son of St. Bronagh and a friend of St. Patrick. He was the abbot-bishop of Nendrum Island, Co. Down |23 June |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Mochaoi of Nendrum, June 23 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2013/06/saint-mochaoi-of-nendrum-june-23.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |Caolán/Caelán |6th/7th century |Irish |Tigh-na-Manach (Tinnahinch, Co. Kilkenny) |A monk and founder of a monastery at Tinnahinch |29 October |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caelan von Tigh-na-manach - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon |url=https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienC/Caelan_von_Tigh-na-manach.html |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.heiligenlexikon.de |language=de}}</ref><ref name="archive.org"/> |- valign="top" | Carthach mac Fianáin | 6th century, late | | | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|5 March}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster /> |- valign="top" | Catan | 6th century | Ireland or Dal Riata | Kilchattan on the Isle of Bute, Bishop of Bute | Irish missionary to Dal Riata and the Picts. One of his servant's and their families may have given rise to the Clan Chattan Federation | 17 May | |- valign="top" | Cellach of Armagh | 11th–12th centuries (d. 1129) | | | Archbishop of Armagh | |<ref>Flanagan, "Cellach (1080–1129)"</ref> |- |Cellach of Glendalough |5th/6th century |Irish |Disert-Cellaig (near Glendalough, Co. Wicklow) |A disciple of St. Kevin who became a hermit near Glendalough |7 October |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Cellach of Glendalough, October 7 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2013/10/saint-cellach-of-glendalough-october-7.html |access-date=2023-08-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Céthech (Caetiacus, Cethiachus) | 5th century | | | Connacht saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|16 June}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Cianán mac Sétnai | 5th century (d. 489) | Irish, of the Ciannachta? | Duleek, County Meath | Meath saint, patron of Duleek | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|24 November}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Ciarán mac int Shaír | 6th century | Irish, of the Cruithne of Latharnae | Clonmacnoise (Cluain Moccu Nois); Inis Aingin | Meath saint | {{dts |9 September }} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Ciarán of Saigir | 5th century (400–500) |Of the Dal Birn of Ossory, raised in Cape Clear Island | Saighir | Kingdom of Ossory saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|5 March}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster /> |- |Cobba/Coppa | |Irish | |A virgin saint called the daughter of Baedan. |18 January |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Coppa, January 18 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2016/01/saint-coppa-january-18.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |Cobba/Coppa |? |Irish |? |A female saint called the 'daughter of Dioma' |28 April |<ref name="archive.org"/> |- valign="top" | Cóemgen (Kevin) | 6th–7th century (d. 618) | | Glendalough, County Wicklow | Leinster saint, known as the founder of Glendalough (Co. Wicklow) | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|3 June}} |<ref name=ODNBLeinster />

|- valign="top" | Colcu ua Duinechda | 8th century (d. 796) | Irish | Clonmacnoise (Cluain Moccu Nois) | Meath saint, ''scribá'', probably bishop of Clonmacnoise | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|20 February}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath /> |- |Colman Isirni (Colman the Thirsty) |5th century |Irish |Interred at Armagh Cathedral |A young monk who died of dehydration while fasting. Considered a martyr. |5 March |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Colman the Thirsty, March 5 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2014/03/saint-colman-thirsty-march-5.html |access-date=2023-03-22 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Colmán mac Léníne | 6th century (530–606) | | Cloyne (Cluain Uama) | Munster saint, patron of Cloyne | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|24 November}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster /> |- |Colman of Dromore |6th Century |Irish |Diocese of Dromore |Patron & Bishop of Dromore |7 June |<ref name=Murray>[http://lisburn.com/books/dromore-historical/Journal-3/journal-3-5.html Murray, Henry. "Saint Colman of Dromore", ''Dromore Historical Journal'', Dromore and District Local Historical Group, 1992]</ref> |- valign="top" | Coirpre Crom mac Feradaig | 9th century (d. 904) | Irish | Clonmacnoise (Cluain Moccu Nois) | Meath saint, bishop of Clonmacnoise | {{Dts |6 March}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Colman of Templeshambo | 6th century (died c.595) | Irish, from Connacht | none | Abbot of Templeshambo | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|27 October}} | |- valign="top" | Colmán Elo | 6th–7th centuries (d. 611) | Irish, from an Ulster people | Lynally (Lann Elo), County Westmeath; Connor | Meath Saint | {{dts | 26 September}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Colum mac Crimthainn | 6th century (d. 549) | Irish, of the Leinster Uí Chremthannáin | Terryglass (Tír Dá Glass); Inis Celtra | Munster saint, said to have died of plague | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|13 December}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Columba (Colmcille) |7th Dec 521 to 9 June 597 |Gartan, Donegal, Ireland | Iona, various in Donegal | Abbot of Iona |9 June |- valign="top" | Columbanus |543 – 23 November 615 |Leinster, Kingdom of Meath Ireland | Various places in Europe | Abbot of Luxeuil, France and Bobbio, Italy |25 November |<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Edmonds |first=Columba |title=St. Columbanus |encyclopedia=The Catholic Encyclopedia |volume=4 |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |location=New York |year=1908 |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04137a.htm |asin=B000R4GCD8 }}</ref> |- valign="top" | Comgall mac Sétnai | 6th century (511/16–602) | | | Ulster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|10 May}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Commán mac Fáelchon, Mo Chommóc | 8th century (d. 747) | south of Roscommon, among the Sogain | Roscommon | Connacht saint, patron saint of Roscommon | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|26 December}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht /> |- |Comnait (Comnaid, Connaid) |6th century (d. 590 AD) |Irish |Kildare |A virgin saint and an abbess of St. Brigid's convent at Kildare |1 January |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Comnat (Comnatan, or Connat) from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. |url=https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/C/comnat-(comnatan-or-connat).html |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online |language=en}}</ref> |- |Conna |? |Irish |? |A virgin saint listed in the Martyrology of Donegal |3 March |<ref name="archive.org"/> |- |Conac (Cainneach) |? | |Ard-Conaing (unknown) |A virgin saint listed in Martyrology of Donegal |25 October |<ref name="archive.org"/> |- valign="top" | Constant | 8th century (d.777) | | | | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|18 November}} |<ref>[http://saints.sqpn.com/saintc2e.htm Saints index] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023164827/http://saints.sqpn.com/saintc2e.htm |date=2008-10-23 }}</ref> |- |Cu'Mhaighe (Cooey of Portaferry) |7th century |Irish |Founder of the parish church of Witter, Templecooey, County Down |Patron saint of three holy wells near Portaferry. | |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Pete |title=Temple Cooey & Wells |url=https://portaferryparish.com/churches/temple-cooey-wells#:~:text=Temple%20cowey%20is%20the%20ancient%20parish |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Portaferry Parish Official Website |language=en-gb}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Cormac mac Eogain | 6th century | | | Connacht saint | |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Cormac ua Liatháin | 6th century | Irish, of the Uí Liatháin | Durrow (probable resting place) | Meath Saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|21 June}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath /> |- |Cosrach/Conrach Truaghan (Cosrach the Miserable) |9th century (d. 898) |Irish |Buried on Inis Cealtra, Co. Clare |A holy anchorite who lived in the round tower on Inis Cealtra. His grave is visible today on the island. |6 November |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Derek |date=2019-10-09 |title=Holy Island/Inis Cealtra - A Step Back In Time |url=https://clarevillehouse.ie/holy-island-inis-cealtra-a-step-back-in-time/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=Clareville House |language=en-US}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Cranat ingen Buicín | 6th century | | | Munster saint | |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Crónán moccu Éile | 7th century (d. 665) | | Roscrea (Ros Cré) | Munster saint who founded Roscrea | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|28 April}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- | Crónán of Balla, see Mo Chua mac Bécáin | | | | | | |- | Cruithnechán | 6th century | | Kilcronaghan | Ulster saint. Cited as the fosterfather and teacher of Saint Columba. He founded the church of Kilcronaghan, which was named after him along with the local parish. | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|7 March}} |<ref name="Coltan">{{cite web |last=Coltan |first=Archbishop |title=Acts of Archbishop Colton in his metropolitan visitation in the diocese of Derry, A.D. MCCCXCVII |url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/catholic-church-archdiocese-of-armagh-northern-i/acts-of-archbishop-colton-in-his-metropolitan-visitation-in-the-diocese-of-derry-hta/page-10-acts-of-archbishop-colton-in-his-metropolitan-visitation-in-the-diocese-of-derry-hta.shtml |year=1397 |access-date=2010-06-24}}</ref><ref name="Munn">Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry</ref>

|- valign="top" | Cumméne Fota | 6th century (''c''.591–662) | | Clonfert | Connacht saint, successor of Brendan of Clonfert | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|12 November}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht /> |- |Curchach/Corcaria |? |Irish |Cluain-Lothair (Cloonlogher, Co. Leitrim) |A virgin saint, probably an abbess or a foundress |8 August |<ref name="saintsmaryandmarthaorthodoxmonastery.org">{{Cite web |title=Saints Mary and Martha Orthodox Monastery, SC |url=https://www.saintsmaryandmarthaorthodoxmonastery.org/womenSaints.html |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=www.saintsmaryandmarthaorthodoxmonastery.org}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Daig mac Cairill | 6th century (d. 587) | | Inishkeen (Inis Caín Dega) | Ulster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|18 August}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Dallán Forgaill | | | | | | |- valign="top" | Dalua | 5th century | British (probably) | Tigh Bretan (Tibradden, Co. Dublin) | Almost certainly identical to another Dalua of Croibech (Cruagh, Co. Dublin?) | {{dts |7 January}} |<ref>Lives of the Irish Saints, O Hanlon (Pg.299)</ref> |- valign="top" |Daire (Daria/Dara) |5th century |Irish |Kildare |A nun companion of St. Brigid of Kildare, she was cured of blindness by St. Brigid but then requested to be made blind again to protect her soul from the temptations of the world. |8 August |<ref name="saintsmaryandmarthaorthodoxmonastery.org"/> |- valign="top" | Déclán of Ardmore | 5th century, late | | Ardmore | Munster saint | {{Dts|24 July}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=864|title=St. Declan|work=Catholic Online|access-date=12 February 2023}}</ref> |- |Derchairtainn (Daorchaorthainn) |? |Irish |Tullow, Co. Carlow |A female saint who was a nun at Tullow along with her sister St. Eithne. They were mentioned in the Book of Lecan and called the daughters of Cormac. |? |<ref>{{Cite web |last=tullowhistorian |date=2022-02-21 |title=Early Christianity in Tullow and neighbouring parishes |url=https://tullowhistorian.wordpress.com/2022/02/21/early-christianity-in-tullow-and-neighbouring-parishes/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Tullow Historian |language=en}}</ref> |- |Derchairtainn/Doarchaorthainn |6th century |Irish |Ouchter Ard (Co. Kildare) |A female Irish saint, a virgin who served as a prioress or abbess of a convent at Ouchter Ard. |8 March |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kildare Saints: Derchairthinn |url=https://www.kildare.ie/kildaresaints/2005/11/dechairthinn.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.kildare.ie}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Derlugdacha | 5th century, late | | Kildare monastery | 2nd Abbess of Kildare | 1 Feb |<ref name=ohanlon>[https://archive.org/stream/livesofirishsain02ohanuoft#page/224/mode/2up O'Hanlon M.R.I.A., Rev. John, ''Lives of the Irish Saints'', Vol.II, The Catholic Publishing Society, New York 1875]</ref>

|- valign="top" | Díchu mac Trichim | 5th century |Irish |Saul, Co. Down | Ulster saint, of the Dál Fiatach. A chieftain who became the first convert of St. Patrick. | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|29 April}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Donnán | | | Eigg | | | |- valign="top" | Dublitter | 8th century (d. 796) | Irish | Finglas | Meath saint; abbot, scholar and presumably bishop of Finglas; associated with the Céli Dé | {{dts |15 May}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Dymphna | 7th century | Irish |Tydavnet, County Monaghan{{fact|date=March 2026}} |Fled with her confessor to Belgium, in order to escape the incestuous advances of her grieving father. Subsequently killed by him, when she refused to return to Ireland with him. | {{dts |30 May}} | |- |Echtach | |Irish |unknown |A female saint and a virgin |5 February |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Echtach from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. |url=https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/E/echtach.html |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online |language=en}}</ref> |- |Eithne/Etna |5th century |Irish |Cruachan and Armagh Cathedral |Called 'the golden-haired', she was a princess and the daughter of King Laoghaire, who was baptised by St. Patrick together with her sister St. Fidelma. |11 January |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elphin (B.) {{!}} The Schools' Collection |url=https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4758477/4747330/4780476 |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=dúchas.ie |language=en}}</ref> |- |Eithne/Etna |6th century |Irish |Eileach-an-Naoimh, (Garvellach islands, Scotland) |The mother of St. Colmcille/Columba | |<ref>{{Cite web |last=sunbright57 |date=2016-02-06 |title=St Eithne's Grave, Eileach An Naoimh, Argyll and Bute, Inner Hebrides |url=https://thejournalofantiquities.com/2016/02/06/st-eithnes-grave-eileach-an-naoimh-argyll-and-bute-inner-hebrides/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=The Journal Of Antiquities |language=en}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Eithne and Sodelb | 6th century | Leinster | ''Tech ingen mBóiti'' | Leinster saints | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|29 March}} and other dates |

|- valign="top" | Do Biu mac Comgaill | 5th century? | | Inch (Inis Causcraid), County Down | Ulster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|22 July}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad | 8th century (d. 717) | | Iona | Abbot of Iona | {{dts |25 March}} |  |- |Emer/Eimear |5th century |Irish |Clonbroney, Co. Longford |A female saint and daughter of Milchú (St. Patrick's slave master). She reputedly founded a convent or church at Cluain Bronaigh (Clonbroney) together with her sister. A national school is named after her. |? |<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://scoileimear.weebly.com/history.html |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Scoil Eimear Longford |language=en}}</ref> |- |Emer/Imer/Imy |6th century |Irish |Killimer, Co. Clare |A female saint associated with Killimer, where a holy well bears her name. She is believed to have founded a church/nunnery at Killimer and was a relative of St. Senan and St. Cainnear of Scattery Island. Nothing else is known about her. |13 August |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Monahan |first=Fintan |date=2023-08-13 |title=Feast of St Imy of Killimer |url=https://www.killaloediocese.ie/feast-of-st-imy-of-killimer/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Killaloe Diocese |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/search/label/Female%20saints |access-date=2024-01-22 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Énda mac Conaill | 6th century? | | Inismore (Inis Mór) | Munster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|21 March}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Énna mac Nuadhan | 6th century? | | Emlaghfad, County Sligo | Sligo saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|18 September}} |<ref name=UNDErtheoak>{{cite web|title=Under the Oak: Irish Saints of September|url=https://brigid-undertheoak.blogspot.com/2011/10/irish-saints-of-september-enna-of.html|work=Under the Oak|access-date=22 August 2012}}</ref>

|- valign="top" | Éogan mac Dega | 6th century, late | | Ardstraw | Ulster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|23 August}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Erc mac Dega | 5th–6th centuries (d. 513) | | Slane, County Meath | Meath Saint, patron of Slane | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|2 November}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Ercnat ingen Dáire | 5th–6th centuries | | Duneane (Dún dá Én) | Ulster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|8 January}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Ernan (4 saints) | 6th-7th centuries | | | | | |- |Etchen |6th century | |Clonfad |Abbot of Clonfad |11 February | |- |Ethelhun/Athelhun/Edilhun |7th century |English (but buried in Ireland) |Rathmelsigi (purportedly Clonmelsh in Carlow) |A young English monk who died of the plague while studying in Ireland. A friend of St. Egbert |21 September |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Edilhun, Monk at Rathmelsigi, September 21 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2015/09/saint-edilhun-monk-at-rathmelsigi.html |access-date=2023-08-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Fachtna mac Mongaig | 6th century | | Ross Carbery (Ros Ailithir) | Munster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|14 August}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Fáelán | 8th century (''fl''. 734) | Irish | Cluain Móescna | Meath Saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|9 January}} |<ref name=Macray>Macray and Hudson, "Fáelán Amlabar"</ref>

|- valign="top" | Fáelán Amlabar, Fillan | 7th–8th centuries (d. 724) | | Iona | Abbot of Iona. | {{dts |20 June}} |<ref name=Macray /> |- valign="top" |Fainder (Fainnear, Fainer) |? |Irish |Clonbroney, Co. Longford |An obscure virgin saint mentioned in the Book of Leinster called ''<nowiki/>'the chaste''' |? |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála |url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/G800011F/index.html |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=celt.ucc.ie}}</ref> |- |Faoiltigearna/ Failtigerna |? |Ireland |? |A virgin saint |17 March |<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAOILTIGHEARNA - Irish Names and Surnames |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/women/faoiltighearna-whiltierna.php |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref> |- |Faoinir/Faenir |? |Irish |Domhnach-Faeinir (probably Donaghenry, Co. Tyrone) |A male saint, the founder of a church or monastery at Donaghenry in Tyrone. |29 October |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foner von Domnach Faoinir - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon |url=https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienF/Foner_von_Domnach-Faoinir.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.heiligenlexikon.de |language=de}}</ref><ref name="archive.org"/> |- valign="top" | Féchín moccu Cháe | 7th century | Irish, of contested origin | Fore (Fobar), County Westmeath | Meath saint | {{Dts |20 January}} | |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Fergno Britt mac Faílbi (in Latin sources, Virgno) | 7th century (d. 623) | British, from southern Scotland (probably) | Iona | Abbot of Iona, probably a Briton | {{dts |2 March}} |<ref name=ODNBIona />

|- valign="top" | Fiachan of Lismore | 7th century | Ireland | Lismore | Irish monk known for his obedience | {{dts |29 April}} |<ref>{{citation |last=Butler|first=Alban|title=The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints |page=320 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHgTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA320|accessdate=2021-07-22|year=1821}}</ref>

|- valign="top" | Fiachra, Fiacre | 7th century (middle) | Ireland | Breuil, Neustria | Irish pilgrim who travelled to Breuil in Neustria | {{dts |30 August}} |<ref>Johnston, "Fiachra"</ref> |- |Fiadhnait/Fiadhnaid |? |Ireland |? |A virgin saint |4 January |<ref name="archive.org"/> |- valign="top" | Fínán Cam mac Móenaig | 6th–7th centuries | Irish, of the Corcu Duibne | Kinnitty (Cenn Étig), County Offaly | Meath saint | {{dts |7 April}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Findbarr mac Amairgin | 6th century? | | Cork | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|25 September}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Finnián mac Findloga | 6th century (d. ''c''. 550) | Irish, of uncertain descent | Clonard | Meath and Leinster saint, who may have belonged to the Dál/Corcu Thelduib. Alternatively, it has been suggested that he was a localised version of Findbarr moccu Fiatach, an Ulster saint. | {{dts |12 December}} | |- valign="top" | Findbarr moccu Fiatach | 6th century (d. 579) | | Movilla | Ulster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|10 September}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster /> |- |Finncheall |? |Irish |Sliabh Guaire (Co. Cavan) |A virgin saint, probably an abbess |25 January |<ref name="archive.org"/> |- valign="top" | Finnchu | 7th century (d. 655/5) | | Brigown (Brí Gobann) | Munster saint | |<ref name=ODNBMunster /> |- |Finnseach/Findsech |? |Irish |Sliabh Guaire (Co. Cavan) |A virgin saint, probably an abbess |13 October |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Findsech of Sliabh Guaire, October 13 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2014/10/saint-findsech-of-sliabh-guaire-october.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |Finnseach/Findsech |? |Irish |Cruaghan |A virgin saint |9 November |<ref name="archive.org"/> |- valign="top" | Finten, also Fintan, Munnu | 7th century | | Taghmon (Tech Munnu), County Wexford | Leinster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|21 October}} |<ref name=ODNBLeinster />

|- valign="top" | Fintan | 6th century (d. 603?) | | Clonenagh (Cluain Ednech) | Leinster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|17 February}} |<ref name=ODNBLeinster /> |- valign="top" |Flannaid |7th century |Irish |Fermoy, Co. Cork and Clondulane Co. Cork |A virgin saint from Fermoy who had a paralyzed arm which was cured miraculously by St. Carthach of Lismore. She later became a nun and founded a convent at Clondulane in Cork. |? |<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mullholland |first=Lorraine |title=Saint Brigid And Other Amazing Irish Women |date=2023 |publisher=Columba Books |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-78218-394-5 |location=Dublin |publication-date=2023 |pages=185 |language=English}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Flannán mac Toirrdelbaig | 7th century | | Killaloe | Munster saint, patron of Killaloe | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|18 December}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster /> |- |Fledh |? |Irish |Tech-Fleidhe (believed to be Kilfee (near Ashford) Co. Wicklow) |A virgin saint, the daughter of the king of Leinster and the founder of a church in Co. Wicklow. |12 September |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saints Mary and Martha Orthodox Monastery, SC |url=https://www.saintsmaryandmarthaorthodoxmonastery.org/womenSaints.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.saintsmaryandmarthaorthodoxmonastery.org}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Saint Fledh of Ireland - 12 September | date=14 September 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VkwGhOFVYU |access-date=2023-09-18 |language=en}}</ref> |120px|A devotional image of Saint Fledh, an Irish saint |- | Fortiarnan (or Fortchern) | |Irish |Trim, Co. Meath and Tullow, Co. Carlow |A bishop, hermit, and blacksmith who created chalices and other precious metal objects. Patron of Tullow and Trim. |17 February (and 12 June in Tullow) |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-03 |title=St. Fortchern – patron of Tullow |url=https://tullowhistorian.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/st-fortchern/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=tullowhistorian.wordpress.com |language=en}}{{better source needed|date=July 2023}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Fuinnech | 7th century, late | Irish | Clonbroney (Cluain Brónaig) | Meath saint, probably founder and first abbess of Clonbroney | {{dts |11 December}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath /> |- |Gall, Gallus |6th-7th century (550 - 646) |Irish |St. Gallen Abbey and Cathedral |Studied under St. Comgall at Bangor Abbey |16 October |<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gall, Saint (550?–645?)|volume = 1|date=2017-11-28|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|doi = 10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.013.10303}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Garald, Gerald | 7th–8th centuries (d. 732) | England | | Connacht saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|12 March}} or {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|13 March}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Gibrian | 5th–6th centuries | Irish | Reims, Saint-Gibrien, Chartreux | One of a group of Irish siblings (including Abran) who are said to have settled in the Marne region in Merovingian times | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|8 May}} |<ref>{{Citation |last=Kenney |first=James F. |title=The sources for the early history of Ireland: ecclesiastical |edition=revised |year=1966 |orig-year= 1929 |place=New York |pages= 183–184}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Gobhan - Gobban Gobban Find mac Lugdach | 6th-7th centuries | Leinster - Ulster | Old Leighlin Killamery Portadown | Abbot and founder of St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|6 December}} |<ref name=autogenerated1>Martyrology of Oengus, page 425</ref>

|- valign="top" | Gobnait | 6th century? | | Ballyvourney (Móin Mór, Bairnech, Baile Mhuirne) | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|11 February}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Grellán of Cráeb Grelláin | 5th–6th centuries | | Cráeb Grelláin | Connacht saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|10 November}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Guasacht maccu Buáin | 5th century, late | Irish | Granard, County Longford | Meath saint, bishop of Granard; two of his sisters are claimed to have founded Cluain Brónaig, though a rival claim makes Funech its founder | {{ dts|24 January}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Iarlaithe mac Loga | 6th century | | Tuam (Tuaimm dá Gualann) | Connacht saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|25 December}} or {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|26 December}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Ibar mac Lugna | 5th century (d. 500 / 501) | | Beggerin Island (Becc Ériu) | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|23 April}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Íte ingen Chinn Fhalad | 6th century (d. 570/77) | | | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|15 January}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Kentigerna/Caintigern | | | | | | |- valign="top" | Lachtín mac Tarbín, also Lachtnaín or Mo Lachtóc | 6th–7th centuries (d. 622/7) | | Freshford (Achad Úr); Ballyhoura Hills (Belach Febrat) | Munster saint, abbot of Achad Úr (Freshford) and Belach Febrat (Ballyhoura Hills) | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|19 March}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Laisrén mac Decláin | 6th century | | Inishmurray | Connacht saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|12 August}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Laisrén mac Nad Froích | 6th century (d. 564) | | Devenish (Daiminis) | Ulster saint, patron of Daiminis (Devenish) | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|12 September}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Lallóc | 5th century | | Senles or Ard Senlis | Connacht saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|6 February}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht /> |- |Lassair (Lassera) |? |Irish |Cill-Arcalgach (near Lough Lene in Co. Westmeath) |A virgin saint, probably an abbess or founder of a convent |20 August |<ref name="saintsmaryandmarthaorthodoxmonastery.org"/> |- |Lassair (Lassera) | |Irish |Maighin (possibly Moyne, Co. Wicklow) |A virgin saint called the daughter of Eoghan. An ancient convent existed at Maighin in Co. Wicklow, possibly founded by Lassair |18 April |<ref name="archive.org"/> |- |Laoghaire/Laeghaire |? |Irish |Lough Conn |A bishop saint |30 September |<ref name="archive.org"/> |- |Leo of Inis Airc |Between 6th and 8th centuries |Irish |St Leo's Church, Inishark |Patron Saint of Inishark | |<ref>{{cite news| first= Daryln| last= Hoffstot| title= Where Legends Outnumber People| date= 1 August 1999| work= The New York Times| url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.htmlres=9B00E5D7113EF932A3575BC0A96F958260&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=3 | access-date = 1 September 2010}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Lommán mac Dalláin | 5th–6th centuries | British | Trim | Meath Saint, patron of Trim | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|17 February}} and {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|11 October}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Lonán mac Talmaig | 5th–6th centuries | British (on mother's side)? | Trevet | Meath Saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|1 November}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Maccai | 5th century | Irish | Isle of Bute | | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|11 April}} |<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=--oCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA124-IA7 |accessdate=2021-08-23 |page=124 |last=O'Hanlon |first=John |year=1875 |title=Lives of the Irish saints |location=Dublin |publisher=James Duffy |volume=4}}</ref>

|- valign="top" | Mac Caírthinn of Clogher | 5th century (d. 506) | | Clogher | Ulster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|24 March}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Mac Creiche mac Pessláin | 6th century, late | | | Munster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|11 August}}, but recently Garland Sunday |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Mac Nisse of Connor | 5th–6th centuries (d' 507/508) | | Connor | Ulster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|3 September}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Máedóc of Ferns (also known as Aedan) | 7th century (d. 625?) | Inisbrefny, Ireland | Ferns | First Bishop of Ferns, learned under David at Deheubarth | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|31 January}} |<ref name=ODNBLeinster /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1193|title=St. Aidan of Ferns|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 31 October 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Máel Brigte mac Tornáin | 10th century (d. 927) | | Iona | Abbot of Iona | {{dts |22 February}} |

|- valign="top" | Máel Cétair mac Rónáin | 6th–7th centuries? | | | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|14 May}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Máel Ruain | 8th century (d. 792) | | Tallaght | Leinster Saint. | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|7 July}} |<ref name=ODNBLeinster />

|- valign="top" | Malachy (Máel Máedoc Ua Morgair) | | | | | | |- valign="top" | Manchán of Mohill (Manchán of Maothail) | 5th and 6th centuries (d. 535-538) | Ireland or Wales | multiple churches | Connacht, Leinster | 14 February | |- valign="top" | Maonacan of Athleague | 5th and/or 6th centuries | Ireland | Athleague, County Roscommon | Connacht | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|18 February}} | |- valign="top" | Manchán mac Silláin | 7th century (d. 665) | Irish | Lemanaghan | Meath Saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy| 24 January}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Mainchín mac Setnai | 6th century | | | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|2 January}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Mél of Ardagh | 5-6th centuries | Irish | Ardagh (Ardachad), County Longford, then in the kingdom of southern Tethbae | Leinster Saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|6 February}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath/> |- |Mella (Mealla) |8th century |Irish |Doire-Melle (near Lough Melvin, Co. Leitrim) |A wife and mother who became a nun and an abbess. She was the mother of St. Tighernach and St. Cainneach (of Aghaboe?) |31 March |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Mella of Doire-Melle, March 31 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2013/03/saint-mella-of-doire-melle-march-31.html |access-date=2023-08-14 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Saint Midabaria | 6th centuries | Irish | Bumlin, Strokestown, County Roscommon | Connacht saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|22 February}} | |- valign="top" | Mo Chua mac Bécáin | 7th century (d. 694) | | Balla | Connacht saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|30 March}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Mo Chóe of Nendrum | 5th century (d. 497) | | Nendrum | Ulster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|23 June}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Mo Chóemóc mac Béoáin | 7th century (d. 656) | | | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|13 March}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Mo Chutu of Lismore | 7th century (d. 637) | | Lismore and Rahan | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|14 May}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Mo Genóc | 5th century? | | Kilglinn (Cell Dumai Glinn), County Meath | Meath saint, patron of Cell Dumai Glinn (Kilglinn) in southern Brega | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|26 December}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Mo Ling | 7th century (d. 697) | | St Mullins (Tech Moling) | Leinster Saint. Founder and abbot of St Mullins (Tech Moling) | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|17 June}} |<ref>Johnston, "Mo Long (d. 697)"</ref>

|- valign="top" | Mo Lua of Kilmoluagh | | | Kilmoluagh | Connacht saint | | |- valign="top" | Mochta, Mochtae | 6th century (d. 535) | British | Louth, County Louth | Meath Saint | {{dts |24 March}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Móenu or Moínenn | 6th century (d. ''c''. 572) | British (probably) | Clonfert | Connacht saint, bishop of Clonfert | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1 March}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Mo Laga mac Duib Dligid | 6th century, late? | | | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|20 January}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Moninne, Mo Ninne | 6th century, first half | | Killevy | Ulster saint, founder of Killevy | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|6 July}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Muirchú | | | | | | |- valign="top" | Muiredach mac Echdach | 6th century | | Killala | Connacht saint. Feast day: 12 August (in place of Mucnoe) | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|12 August}} |<ref name=ODNBConnacht />

|- valign="top" | Munis | 5th century? | | Forgney (Forgnaide), County Westmeath, resting place | Meath saint, bishop "in Forgnaide among the Cuircne" | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|18 December}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Muru mac Feradaig | 7th century, first half | | Fahan | Ulster saint | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|12 March}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Nessán (Mo Nessóc) | 6th century (d. 556) | | Mungret (Mungairit) | Munster saint, of the Uí Fhidgeinte | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|25 July}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster />

|- valign="top" | Órán/Odhrán |5th century |Irish |? (killed along the Kildare-Offaly border) |The first Christian martyr of Ireland. He was a charioteer and a disciple of St. Patrick who was killed with a spear, saving Patrick. |19 February |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Odhran, February 19 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2013/02/saint-odhran-february-19.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |120px|A devotional image of Saint Odhran, the charioteer of St. Patrick |- valign="top" | Óengus of Tallaght | 9th century (d. 824) | Ossory saintClonenagh | Tallaght (Tamlacht) | Author of the ''Félire Óengusso'' | {{dts|link=off|format=dmy|11 March}} |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1088|title=St. Aengus|work=Catholic Online}} Retrieved on 29 October 2009.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Olcán | 5th century | | | Ulster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|20 February}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster /> |- |Orna/Odharnait |? |Ireland |'Druim-mc-feradhaich' (unknown locality) |A virgin saint |13 November |<ref name="archive.org"/> |- |Palladius |4th-5th centuries |France (but worked in Ireland) |County Wicklow |The first Christian bishop in Ireland (purportedly). He evangelized the area around modern County Wicklow before moving to Scotland. |7 July |<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Brian |title=Saint Palladius First Bishop of Ireland - History of Irish Saints |url=https://www.yourirish.com/history/christianity/palladius |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=www.yourirish.com |language=en-US}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Patrick | 4th–5th centuries | | |Most recognized patron saint of Ireland |17 March | |100px |-valign="top" | Raoiriú |6th century | |Connacht | | |<ref>''The Parish of Ballinasloe'', p. 12, Jerome A. Fahey, 1912.</ref> |- |Rioghnach/ Ríonach/Rynagh |6th century |Irish |Banagher, Co. Offaly and Kilrainy, Co. Kildare |A virgin saint, the sister of St. Finnian of Clonard. She founded a convent near Banagher in Offaly |? |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Local Patron Saint · Banagher (B.) · The Schools' Collection |url=https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5044633/5027843/5144306 |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=dúchas.ie |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-08 |title=Holy Wells Co Killkenny |url=https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/tag/holy-wells-co-killkenny/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland |language=en}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Rónán of Locronan | 6th century? | | Locronan and Quimper (Brittany) | Irish pilgrim saint and hermit in western Brittany, eponymous founder of Locronan and co-patron of Quimper, together with its founder St Corentin | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1 June}} | |- valign="top" | Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn | 6th century (d. 584) | | Lorrha (Lothra) | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|15 April}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster /> | 100px

|- valign="top" | Samthann ingen Díaráin | 8th century | Irish | Clonbroney (Cluain Brónaig) | Meath saint; abbess of Clonbroney | {{dts |19 September}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath /> |- |Scaithin (Possibly is St. Scuithin) | |Irish (Probably) |Inisbofin | | | |- |Scannlach | |Irish |Ard Scannlaighe (unknown) possibly in Munster |A female saint, a virgin. |10 December |<ref name=":0" /> |- |Scoth/Scothnait |6th century |Irish |Clonmaskil, Co. Westmeath |A virgin saint, reputedly the aunt of St. Senan of Scattery Island. She was a nun and possibly a founder |16 July |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Scoth of Cluain Mór Moescna, July 16 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2013/07/saint-scoth-of-cluain-mor-moescna-july.html |access-date=2023-07-04 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Scuithin | 6th-7th centuries | Leinster | Castlewarren County Kilkenny(Ossory) | Strong Welsh connections with St David | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|2 January}} |<ref>O'Donovan, John, James Henthorn Todd, and William Reeves (1864). The Martyrology of Donegal: A Calendar of the Saints of Ireland. Dublin.</ref>

|- valign="top" | Secundinus, Sechnall mac Restitiúit | 5th century | Continent? | Dunshaughlin (Domnach Sechnaill) | Meath Saint, described as a bishop of St Patrick | {{dts |27 November}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath />

|- valign="top" | Ségéne mac Fiachna | 7th century (d. 652) | | Iona | Abbot of Iona | |<ref name=ODNBIona /> |- |Segnait/Seghnaid |? |Irish |'Domhnach Ceirne' (unknown location) |A little-known virgin saint |18 December |<ref name="archive.org"/> |- valign="top" | Senán mac Geirrcinn | 6th century | | Scattery Island (Inis Cathaig) | Munster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|1 March}} |<ref name=ODNBMunster /> |- |Sodbalach |? |Irish |? |An anchorite commemorated in the Martyrology of Donegal. |7 November |<ref name="archive.org"/> | |- valign="top" | Sillán moccu Mind | 6th–7th centuries (d. 610) | | | Ulster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|28 February}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Suibne moccu Urthrí | 7th century (d. 657) | | Iona | abbot of Iona | |<ref name=ODNBIona /> |- |Suibne/Sweeney |? |Irish |Skellig Michael |A hermit who lived on Skellig Michael, possibly an abbot. |28 April |{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} |- |Sylvester |4th-5th century |Italian or French (died in Ireland) |Donard, Co. Wicklow |A companion of St. Palladius who accompanied him from France to Ireland as a missionary. He died at Donard in Co. Wicklow where his body was interred together with St. Solonius. |19 August |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Solon, August 19 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2015/08/saint-solon-august-19.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |Talla |? |Irish |Inis-Daighre (Inishterry, Co. Antrim) |A virgin saint, possibly the abbess or foundress of a convent on Inishterry island. |11 August |<ref name="archive.org"/><ref name="saintsmaryandmarthaorthodoxmonastery.org"/> |- valign="top" | Teagáin/Tegan/ Tagain | 4th/5th century |Welsh (but worked in Ireland) | Kiltegan (Ireland) and Llandaff, (Wales) | A little-known male saint, reputedly from Wales and a disciple of St. Patrick. He was a missionary bishop who founded a church at Kiltegan in Co. Wicklow. | ? |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kiltegan · Talbotstown, Kiltegan · The Schools' Collection |url=https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5044724/5034681/5136496 |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=dúchas.ie |language=en}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Tigernach of Clones | 6th century (d. 549) | | Clones | Ulster saint | {{Dts|link=off|format=dmy|4 April}} |<ref name=ODNBUlster />

|- valign="top" | Tirechán | | | | | | |- valign="top" | Tochumra | | Irish | | Virgin | {{dts |11 June}} |<ref>{{citation |url=https://archive.org/details/livesofirishsain06ohanuoft/page/624/mode/2up |accessdate=2021-08-22 |title=Lives of the Irish Saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons |page=624 |last=O'Hanlon |first=John |year=1875 |location=Dublin |publisher=J. Duffy}}</ref> |- |Tuán |? |Irish |Tamlacht (Co. Down) |A little-known male saint, possibly a hermit or abbot |1 April |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Tuan of Tamlacht, April 1 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2014/04/saint-tuan-of-tamlacht-april-1.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |Tuilelath/Tillala | |Irish |Kildare |One of the abbesses of St. Brigid's convent at Kildare. Her two sisters Muadhnait and Osnait are also saints. |6 January |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcella |title=Saint Tuililatha of Kildare, January 6 |url=http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2014/01/saint-tuililatha-of-kildare-january-6.html |access-date=2023-08-17 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- valign="top" | Ultán moccu Chonchobair | 7th century | Irish | Ardbraccan; Dál Conchobair | Meath saint; abbot of Ardbraccan and bishop of Dál Conchobair | {{dts |4 September}} |<ref name=ODNBMeath /> |- |Vincent (Uinseann) |6th century |Irish |Iona |Ulster saint |4 September | |- valign="top" | Virgno, see Fergno Britt above | | | | | | |- |Wasnulf |7th century |Irish | |Missionary in Hainaut |1 October |<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7OsCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 |accessdate=2021-08-17 |last=O'Hanlon |first=John |title=Lives of the Irish saints |volume=10 |year=1875 |location=Dublin |publisher=Duffy & Co.}}</ref> |}

==Early Irish martyr saints== * St. Ceannanach * St. Blathmacc of Iona * St. Donnan of Eigg * St. Ia of Cornwall * St. Odhran the Charioteer * St. Colman Isirni (''the Thirsty'') * St. Colman of Stockerau * St. Dymphna of Gheel * St. Killian of Wurzburg * St. Totnan of Wurzburg * St. Colman of Wurzburg * St. Grimonia * St. Eliphius of Toul * St. Hiero of Holland * St. Maxentia of Beauvais * St. Brigid and Maura

== Later saints == Later saints include: * Saint Charles of Mount Argus (1821–1893)<ref>[https://www.mountargusparish.ie/st-charles-jubilee-year/ "Jubilee of St Charles", Mount Argus Parish]</ref> * Saint Oliver Plunkett (1625–1681)<ref>[https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-oliver-plunkett/ "Saint Oliver Plunkett", Franciscan Media]</ref> * Saint Laurence O'Toole (1128–1180)<ref>[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-lawrence-otoole-53 "St. Lawrence O'Toole", CNA]</ref> * Saint Malachy O'Moore (1094–1148)<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09565a.htm Grattan-Flood, William. "St. Malachy." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910</ref> * Saint Fergal of Salzburg (canonised 1233 AD)<ref>[https://faith.nd.edu/s/1210/faith/interior.aspx?sid=1210&gid=609&pgid=17210&cid=34238&ecid=34238&crid=0 "St. Virgil of Salzburg", FaithND]</ref>

==Pope Leo XIII's canonisations== In 1902, Pope Leo XIII added a group of 25 medieval Irish male saints to the Roman Martyrology, giving them a greater significance to the majority of other Irish saints who were not officially canonised by the pope.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Confirmation of Cultus (5) |url=http://newsaints.faithweb.com/confirmation_cultus5.htm |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=newsaints.faithweb.com}}</ref> They are as follows: * Saint Kevin of Glendalough * Saint Flannan of Killaloe * Saint Eoghan of Ardstraw * Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnois * Saint Declan of Ardmore * Saint Albert of Cashel * Saint Colman of Dromore * Saint Colman of Cloyne * Saint Colman MacDuagh * Saint Comgall of Bangor * Saint Finbarr of Cork * Saint Finnian of Clonard * Saint Laserian of Leighlin * Saint Muiredach of Killala * Saint Carthach of Lismore * Saint Tassach of Elphin * Saint Nathy of Achonry * Saint Oran of Iona * Saint Felim of Kilmore * Saint Jarlath of Tuam * Saint Conleth of Kildare * Saint Aidan of Ferns * Saint Aengus MacNissi of Connor * Saint Aedh Mac Cairtinn of Clogher * Saint Fachanan of Kilfenora

==Blesseds==

{{See also|List of post-Reformation Catholic saints in Ireland}} * Blessed John, or Terrence, Carey (d. 1594) <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3954 |title= Blessed John Carey |author= |date= |website= Catholic.org |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Blessed Ralph Corby (Corbington) (1598-1644), professed priest, Jesuits, born in Ireland but included in the Martyrs of England and Wales <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.jesuits.global/saint-blessed/blessed-ralph-corby/ |title= Blessed Ralph Corby |author= |date= |website= Jesuits |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Blessed John Grove (d. 1679), layman, born in Ireland but included in the Martyrs of England and Wales * Blessed Tadhg (Thaddeus) McCarthy, bishop (d. 1492) <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dib.ie/biography/maccarthy-blessed-thaddeus-mac-carthaigh-tadhg-thady-a5584 |title= MacCarthy, Blessed Thaddeus (Mac Carthaigh, Tadhg, Thady) |last= McCormack |first= Anthony M. |date= |website= Stanford University Magazine |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Blessed Christian O'Conarchy, Irish Cistercian abbot (d. 1186) <ref>{{cite web |url= https://catholic.net/op/articles/2804/cat/1205/bl-christian-oconarchy.html#:~:text=The%20first%20abbot%20was%20Christian,foundation%20was%20dissolved%20in%201537 |title= Blessed Christian O'Conarchy |author= |date= |website= Catholic.net |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Blessed Columba Marmion, Benedictine priest * Blessed Charles Meehan (Mahoney) (1640-1679), professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Recollects), born in Ireland but included in the Martyrs of England and Wales * Blessed Dermot O'Hurley, Archbishop of Cashel, and 16 Companions, martyrs <ref>{{cite web |url= https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-dermot-ohurley/ |title= Blessed Dermot O'Hurley |author= |date= |website= Catholic Saints |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> ** Patrick O'Hely professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants); bishop of Mayo ** Conn O'Rourke, professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants) ** Matthew Lambert, layman ** Robert Meyler, layman ** Edward Cheevers, layman ** Patrick Cavanagh, layman ** Margaret Ball, laywoman ** Maurice MacKenragaghty, priest ** Dominic Collins, professed religious, Jesuits ** Concobhar Ó Duibheannaigh, professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants); bishop of Down and Connor ** Patrick O'Loughran, priest of the archdiocese of Armagh ** Francis Taylor, layman ** Peter Higgins, professed priest, Dominicans ** Terence O'Brien, professed priest, Dominicans; bishop of Emly ** John Kearney, professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants) ** William Tirry, professed priest, Augustinians * Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers (d. 1844) <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.catholicireland.net/saintoftheday/blessed-edmund-rice-1762-1844/ |title= Blessed Edmund Rice |author= |date= |website= Catholic Ireland |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Blessed John Roche (d. 1588), layman, born in Ireland but included in the Martyrs of England and Wales * Blessed Patrick Salmon, companion-martyr of John Cornelius * Blessed John Sullivan, professed priest, Jesuits

==Venerables== * Venerable Mary Aikenhead, founder of the Religious Sisters of Charity <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/mary-aikenhead-cork |title= On This Day: Cork-born venerable Mary Aikenhead born in 1787 |author= |date= January 19, 2025 |website= Irish Central |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Venerable Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy <ref>{{cite web |url= https://cmcmrok.catholic.edu.au/catherine-mcauley/ |title= Founder of the Sisters of Mercy, 1778-1841 |author= |date= |website= Catherine McAuley College |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Venerable Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory, founder, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm; born in Ireland <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cny.org/stories/carmelite-sisters-remember-their-foundress-now-venerable-,7779 |title= Carmelite Sisters Remember Their Foundress, Now Venerable |last= DosSantos |first= Juliann |date= July 11, 2012 |website= Catholic New York |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Venerable Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/vatican-announces-irishwoman-nano-nagle-on-path-to-sainthood/29717159.html |title= Vatican Announces Irishwoman Nano Nagle on path to Sainthood |last= McQuinn |first= Cormac |date= October 31, 2014 |website= Irish Independent |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Venerable Patrick Peyton, professed priest, Congregation of Holy Cross; born in Ireland * Venerable Edel Quinn, member, Legion of Mary, born in Ireland <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.catholicireland.net/a-woman-fully-alive-edel-quinn-1907-44/ |title= A woman fully alive: Edel Quinn 1907-44 |last= Murray |first= John |date= November 30, 1999 |website= Catholic Ireland |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Venerable Matt Talbot, lay ascetic

==Servants of God== Irish people, described as Servants of God, include: * Father Willie Doyle, Irish priest and army chaplain <ref>{{cite web |url= https://jesuitarchives.ie/doyle-willie-1873-1917-jesuit-priest-and-chaplain |title= Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain |author= |date= |website= Jesuits |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Frank Duff, Legion of Mary founder <ref>{{cite web |url= https://legionofmary.ie/causes/profile/frank-duff |title= Frank Duff |author= |date= |website= Legion of Mary |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> * Mary Kevin Kearney,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cause of Beatification of Mother Kevin Kearney OSF (1875–1957) {{!}} Archdiocese of Armagh |url=https://www.armagharchdiocese.org/beatification-mother-kevin-kearney-osf-1875-1957/ |website = armagharchdiocese.org |access-date=2023-06-16 |language=en-US}}</ref> missionary nun and foundress of the Little Sisters of St. Francis in Uganda. * Alphonsus (Alfie Lambe), Legion of Mary envoy to South America <ref>{{cite web |url= https://legionofmary.ie/causes/profile/alfie-lambe |title= Alfie Lambe |author= |date= |website= Legion of Mary |publisher= |access-date= June 17, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

==Other holy people== * Ellen Organ, an Irish child who became known as "Little Nellie of God" and whose story prompted Pope Pius X to lower the age of first communion.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/nellie-organ-pope-pius-x-holy-communion | work = Irish Central | title = How a little Irish girl forced Pope Pius X to change age of First Communion | date = 7 April 2023 }}</ref> * Egbert Xavier Kelly, an Irish Christian Brother who was abducted and killed during the Manila massacre in 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=9&title=Massacre-at-La-Salle-College,-1945&id=58910| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20210522045641/https://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=9&title=Massacre-at-La-Salle-College,-1945&id=58910 | archivedate = 22 May 2021 | title = Massacre at La Salle College, 1945 | website=BusinessWorld | date = 14 September 2012 }}</ref> * Sister Clare Crockett, an Irish nun who died in the 2016 Ecuador earthquake.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-36182917| website = bbc.com | title = Sister Clare Crockett: Funeral for Londonderry nun killed in Ecuador earthquake | date = 2 May 2016 }}</ref>

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==Further reading== * {{Citation |last=Plummer |first= Charles |contribution=A tentative catalogue of Irish hagiography |title=Miscellanea Hagiographica Hibernica |series=Subsidia Hagiographica 15 |year=1925 |location=Brussels |pages=171–285 }} * {{Citation |contribution=An inventory of Latin Lives of Irish saints from St. Anthony's College, Louvain, c. 1643 |first= Padraig A. |last=Breatnach |title=Seanchas: Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne |editor= Alfred P. Smyth |pages=431–438 |publisher= Four Courts Press |location= Dublin |year= 2000|title-link= Francis John Byrne }} * {{Citation |contribution=Our Lady in early medieval Ireland |first= Michael |last= O'Carrol |pages= 178–181 |title=Seanchas: Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne |editor= Alfred P. Smyth |publisher= Four Courts Press |location= Dublin |year= 2000|title-link= Francis John Byrne }} * {{Citation |contribution= Index of the saints of Ireland |title=Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh: Great Book of Irish Genealogies |volume=3 |pages=236–243 |first= Nollaig |last=Ó Muraile |year=2004–2005 |publisher= De Burca |location= Dublin |title-link=Great Book of Irish Genealogies }} * {{Citation|last=Ó Riain|first=Pádraig |title=A Dictionary of Irish Saints| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBBSXwAACAAJ| publisher=Four Courts Press| location=Dublin| year=2011| isbn=978-1-84682-318-3}}

==External links== {{wiktionary|naomh}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716143613/http://www.stkevinaoh.com/page9a.html Ancient Order of Hibernians] — complete list of Ireland's saints * [http://www.catholic.org/saints/irish.php Catholic Online] — Irish saints {{Saints of Ireland}} {{Saints by country}}

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