Four Comely Saints

The Four Comely Saints (Irish: an Ceathrar Álainn) is a collective name for Fursey, Brendan of Birr, Conall, and Berchán, four saints in the early Irish Christian church.

At their reputed burial place on Inishmore is a ruined fifteenth-century church dedicated to them.[1][2][3][4][5] A reputed miraculous cure at the adjacent holy well inspired John Millington Synge's play The Well of the Saints.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Excursion to Aran Islands, Galway, &c, July 1895". Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (Dublin: Dublin University Press). XXV (V, 5th series) (III): 261. 1895.
  2. ↑ "Leabaancheathranaloinn". Placenames Database of Ireland.
  3. ↑ "Templeanchaeathrairalainn". Placenames Database of Ireland.
  4. ↑ Note: the location of Claregalway given on logainm.ie is incorrect.
  5. ↑ "Small-scale map of Oghil, Inishmore". Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Synge, John Millington (1992). Tim Robinson, ed. The Aran Islands. Penguin Classics. p. 139. ISBN 0-14-018432-5. Retrieved 25 April 2010.


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