Saint
Naile of Kinawley
An Irish saint honored at Kinawley, commemorated in the Martyrology of Tallaght.
- Feast
- January 27old style February 9
- Era
- unknown
Life
Saint Naile of Kinawley (Naal, Noele) was the son of Aenghus, king of Munster, and of Eithne. He is held to be a saint of Inver-Naile in the Banagh district of County Donegal, and then abbot of Cill-Naile (Kinawley) in Breffney, County Cavan, and of Daimhinis (Devenish) in Fermanagh. His Life tells that God gave him water from the hard rock when there was great want of it. A part of his bell is still kept by the O'Drome family. The year given is 564.
He is named in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and of Donegal, and commemorated on 27 January.
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