Cuindles was the 17th
abbot of Clonmacnoise
The Abbot of Clonmacnoise was the monastic head of Clonmacnoise, a monastery situated in County Offaly in Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone. The abbots also bore the title " Comarba of Saint Ciarán", "successor of Saint Ciarán". The ...
. He died in 724.
Cuindles was a member of the
Soghain
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 Araidhi ál nAraidi ...
of
Connacht
Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
. He had succeeded to his position in 713. In 723, a fire destroyed the monastery buildings.
His memorial slab still exists, bearing the inscription "" ('A prayer for Cuindles').
References
* A revised edition of this book exists (1995, ).
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8th-century Irish abbots
Christian clergy from County Galway