Saint
Eochaid ua Flannacain
A saint honored in the Irish tradition, who reposed in 1004.
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- Reposed
- 100411th century
Life
Eochaid ua Flannacain (935 to 1004) was an Irish cleric and poet, the author of more than twenty surviving quasi-historical, genealogical and topographical poems, many incorporated into the Lebor Gabála Érenn. He belonged to Clann Sinaich, the ecclesiastical family of Armagh. At his death he was superior (abbot or prior) of Clonfeacle and Lios Aoigheadh; one of his sons and several descendants were abbots of Armagh. The Annals of Ulster, under 1004, call him a master of poetry and historical lore, dead in his sixty-ninth year. He is not attested as a saint.