Cainnear of Cluain Clairaid

Venerable Cainnear of Cluain Clairaid (Cainder, Cannera) was an obscure Irish saint of the sixth century, mentioned in the life of Saint Moluag. She is called the foundress of Cluain Cláraid. She was a first cousin of Saint Brendan of Clonfert, who healed her of muteness when she was sixteen. Later she became a nun and founded a nunnery at Cluain Claraid, a place now unknown. The year of her death is not recorded.

She is not to be confused with the better-⁠known Saint Cainnear of Bantry and Scattery Island. She is remembered in the Martyrology of Tallaght; she is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally.