Maelanfaidh of Dairinis

Venerable Maelanfaidh of Dairinis was an Irish abbot of Dairinis, near Lis-⁠mor-⁠Mochuda. The Martyrology of Donegal says that he was of the race of Connla, son of Breasal, of the line of Laeghaire Lore. He is remembered in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal. His day of commemoration is 31 January (the date in the Irish martyrologies, in the Julian calendar). No other details of his life have been kept. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally, without synodal canonization.