Goban

Saint Goban (Gobhnena, Gobban) was abbot of the monastery of Old Leighlin in Ireland in the sixth or seventh century, from where he went to Tascaffin in County Limerick. He is commemorated on 23 May.

The name Goban is borne by several saints of early Ireland, and their biographies are often confused. Gobban is linked to Saint Laserian's Cathedral at Old Leighlin and to Killamery; the historian John Lanigan holds that Gobanus of Killamery is the same as Gobhan of Seagoe, identified as Gobban Find mac Lugdach. Other saints named Goban are claimed by the Kinsale area and by Antrim.