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Saint

Lughaidh son of Eochaidh

An Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.

Feast
March 25old style April 7
Era
unknown

Life

Saint Lughaidh son of Eochaidh is an Irish saint of the undivided Church, remembered in the old martyrologies of Ireland.

The Donegal text places him at Cluain-⁠laogh.

The Martyrology of Donegal, compiled in 1630 from older sources, commemorates him on 24 March. The Martyrology of Tallaght, from the early ninth century, lists a similar name on the same day. The date is that of the old Irish calendar, that is, in the old style.

Nothing else about him is preserved in the sources consulted.

Commemorated the same day March 25