Conainne

Conainne, also called Dachonna, was an Irish missionary and saint, around the year 500. She is commemorated on 8 March. The Irish terms of endearment "mo" and "do" were regularly added to the names of Irish saints and ordinary people, and from this comes her shorter form, Dachonna.

She was a woman missionary who preached in the Soghain area of County Galway. She founded a church at Cell Conainne, "the church of Conainne", today Kilconnell. It appears that after the sixteenth century her name was mistakenly replaced by the name of the better known Saint Connell. The Martyrology of Oengus says she was of the Uí Maine and lists her under the date 8 March.

She was a stepsister of Saint Senan. The Life of Saint Attracta relates that Attracta went to her brother, Bishop Conal of Drumconnell, and asked permission to build a nunnery near his foundation. He persuaded Conainne to ask Attracta not to build in the area. Attracta complied with her brother's wish but was very displeased and is said to have denounced his church.

The barony of Tiaquin takes its name from Tigh Dachaoine, "Saint Dachonna's house". It is thought that a children's burial ground may mark the site of the church. The burial ground itself is called Leacht an Óra, "the stone monument of adoration".