Biography

The monastry of Ardoileán

Ardoileán

Ardoileán or Ard Oileán, known in English as High Island , is a small island off the northwest coast of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland...

, off the west coast of Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, was founded by Feichin in 664. It is now gone but on its site sits a medieval church, completely buried in sand until it was excavated in 1981.

The monastry continued till at least the early 12th century, when the Annals of Ulster

Annals of Ulster

The Annals of Ulster are annals of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years between AD 431 to AD 1540. The entries up to AD 1489 were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, under his patron Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa on the island of Belle Isle on Lough Erne in the...

 under the year 1017 state Gormgal of Int Ardailéan, chief confessor

Confessor

-Confessor of the Faith:Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith, but not to the point of death. The term is still used in this way in the East. In Latin Christianity it has come to signify any saint, as well as those who have been declared...

 of Ireland, rested in Christ.

One of the important manuscripts of the Life of St. Feichin was written on the island.

See also

• Féchín of Fore died 665.
• Enda of Aran
  Enda of Aran
  Saint Enda of Aran is an Irish saint in the Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is March 21.-Overview:...
  
  , died c. 530.
• Ceannanach
  Ceannanach
  Ceannanach aka Gregory, early Irish missionary, fl. c. 490-500?-Biography:Ceannach's original name is said to have been Gregory, the former name only associated with him after his death....
  
  , missionary
  Missionary
  A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
  
  , fl. c. 490
  490
  Year 490 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Faustus and Longinus...
  
  -500
  500
  Year 500 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Patricius and Hypatius...
  
  ?
• Gillagori Ua Dubhacan
  Gillagori Ua Dubhacan
  -Biography:Gillagori appears to be otherwise unknown. His surname may be an early form of Ó Dubhagáin. They were a bardic family from Baile Uí Dhubhagáin , near Loughrea, County Galway....
  
  , Abbot of Aran, died 1167.

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/
• http://irishislands.info/ard.html
• http://www.goireland.com/galway/high-island-early-monastery-attraction-monastery-id13019.htm
• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9B00E5D7113EF932A3575BC0A96F958260