3 March: Feast Day of St Mo Shacru mac Senáin "holy" founder of Tech Tachru/Shacru/ #Saggart📷 #Dublin & Cluain Ednech/ #Clonenagh #Laois. 7th C (O'Hanlon). Saggart from Teach Sacra, "house of Sacra". Was Tassagard/Tassagart for long time. After he died, >80 nuns until 9th C Viking attacks.

21 Feb: Feast Day of St Fintan Corach of Lemchaill/ #Lowhill #Laois or Cluain Ednech/ #Clonenagh #Laois, & Cluain Ferta Brénainn/ #Clonfert📷 #Galway as exile (Dr Elva Johnston). 6th C? "Corach"="volatile/giver of a promise/melodious"; chanter? Introduced new way of singing Psalms (O'Hanlon)?🎶

17 Feb: Feast Day of St Fintan of #Clonenagh, Co. #Laois (d. 603). Disciple of St Colum of Terryglass. Didn't even have a cow so they didn't have milk/butter! Monks complained & got one but Fintan carried on with strict diet of barley, bread & water! St Fintan's Tree; custom to insert coins into it!

21 Nov: St Áedán mac Concraid of Cluain Ednech/ #Clonenagh, Co. #Laois & Enach Truim in Sliab Bladma/ #Anatrim, Co. #Laois (Dr Elva Johnston). 📷Anatrim © and 🖇️link: @StandingStoneIE
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