Íomar Of The Sogain
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Sogain The Soghain were a people of ancient Ireland. The 17th-century scholar Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh identified them as part of a larger group called the Cruithin. Mac Fhirbhisigh stated that the Cruithin included "the Dál nAraidi, Dál Araidhi [D ...
is an obscure fifth- or sixth-century saint associated with Killimorsogan (''Cill Íomar Soghain'', or ''the church of Íomar of the Sogain''), now the townlands of Killaghaun and Lisheen, north-east of Killamude, County Galway. It was known by this name up to the eighteenth century. There are two other similarly named churches in the diocese of Clonfert, their relationship to this Íomar uncertain. The first is ''Cill Íomar'' (now
Killimordaly Killimordaly () is a rural village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. It was originally located in Trícha Máenmaige. See also * Íomar of the Sogain Íomar of the Sogain is an obscure fifth- or sixth-century saint associated wit ...
), which was also known as ''Cill Íomar Mhaonmhaige'' (the church of Íomar of Maenmagh) Maenmagh was later known as Trícha Máenmaige. The second is ''Cill Íomar Bolg'' (the church of Íomar of the Fir Bolg), now Killimorbolg, five miles northwest of
Portumna Portumna (- meaning 'the landing place of the oak') is a market town in the south-east of County Galway, Ireland, on the border with and linked by a Portumna bridge, bridge to County Tipperary. The town is located to the west of the point where ...
. It is uncertain if these churches were founded by the one person, or if there were three people of the name, distinguished by three different descriptions.


See also

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Íomar Fir Bolg Íomar Fir Bolg () was an early Irish Saint. Writing on 5 November 1838, John O'Donovan reported that his field work for the Ordnance Survey had brought him to the parish of Killimer-Bologue, which was ''"according to tradition ... the princi ...


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* People from County Galway 5th-century Irish Christian clergy 6th-century Irish Christian clergy Medieval saints of Connacht {{Ireland-saint-stub