Scaithin was an early
Medieval
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Irish saint
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.
Biography
Scaithin was the builder of an
oratory on
Inishbofin, Galway
Inishbofin (derived from the Irish ''Inis Bó Finne'' meaning 'Island of the White Cow') is a small island off the coast of Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Inishbofin has around 180 inhabitants and is a tourist destination.
Name
The island ...
, used into the 20th century as a children's burial ground.
"Early Christian", Inishbofin Community Centre
/ref> 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
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, where his seven sons became bishops.
References
See also
* Mathias of Inis Ní
* Enda of Aran
Saint Enda of Aran (Éanna, Éinne or Endeus, died 530 AD) is an Irish saint. His feast day is 21 March.
Enda was a warrior-king of Oriel in Ulster, converted by his sister, Saint Fanchea, an abbess. About 484 he established the first Iri ...
* Alonzo Bosco
Don Alonzo Bosco was a 16th-century Barbary corsair or Spanish pirate who, according to the oral tradition of Inishbofin, Galway, settled on the island in the 16th century and built a castle where a Cromwellian-era ruined castle now stands. F ...
References
* ''Inisbofin:Guide to the Natural History & Archaeology'', Dave Hogan and Michael Gibbons.
* ''A Guide to Connemara's Early Christian Sites'', Anthony Previté, Oughterard
Oughterard () is a small town on the banks of the Owenriff River close to the western shore of Lough Corrib in Connemara, County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located about northwest of Galway on the N59 road (Ireland), N59 road. ...
, 2008.
External links
* http://www.inishbofin.com/Earlychristian.html
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People from County Galway
Medieval Irish saints