Venerable
Cormac ua Cairbre Crom
A venerable father honored in the Irish tradition.
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- Era
- 8th century
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Cormac ua Cairbre Crom was the twenty-second abbot of Clonmacnoise, from 753 until his death in 762. He was of the Sil Coirpre Crom of Ui Maine, one of the best-born abbots of the place. In his time the monastery burned on 21 March 755, the pilgrim Gorman of Lough arrived in 758, and in 760 a battle took place between the monasteries of Birr and Clonmacnoise. Rónán succeeded him. The sources show no veneration as a saint.