Cuindles

Cuindles, 17th Abbot of Clonmacnoise, died 724.

Cuindles was a member of the Soghain of Connacht. He had succeeded in 713. In 723, a fire destroyed the monastery buildings.

His memorial slab still exists, bearing the inscription Or ar Chuindless (A prayer for Cuindles)

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