Cétadach
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Cétadach, 31st Abbot of Clonmacnoise
Abbot of Clonmacnoise
The Abbot of Clonmacnoise was the monastic head of Clonmacnoise. They also bore the title "Comarba of Saint Ciarán", "successor of Saint Ciarán". The following is a list of abbots:-List of abbots to 1539:-References:...

, died 848.

Cétadach succeeded Rónán, who resigned in 823 but only died in 844. Events which occurred during his abbacy included:
  • 845:There was an encampment of the foreigners under Tuirgéis on Loch Rí, and they plundered Connacht and Mide and burned Cluain moccu Nóis with its oratories, and Cluain Ferta Brénainn, and Tír da glas and Lothea and many monasteries.
  • 846:The church-lands of Ciarán were plundered by Feidlimid son of Crimthann. Ciarán however followed him to Mumu and gave him a thrust of his crozier for it, so that he was afflicted with an internal wound.
  • 847:Eógan son of Edacáin son of Torbarg, an anchorite, rested in Cluain moccu Nóis.


The Annals of the Four Masters
Annals of the Four Masters
The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history...

 state of him:

Cetadach, Abbot of Cluain Mic Nois, died. He was of the tribe of Ui Cormaic Maenmhaighe (Máenmaige
Máenmaige
Máenmaige was a originally a kingdom, later termed a trícha cét, and in Anglo-Norman times a cantred, which formed the barony of Loughrea.-Early historic rulers:It was first under the control of Ui Fhiachrach Fionn, and later by the Uí Maine...

). It was in lamentation of him this quatrain was composed:All have heard it/both uncommon and common/That an abbot at Cluain like Cedadach/will never again be seen.

External links

  • http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/index.html
  • http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100016/
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