Ciarán of Clonmacnoise

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Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was an early Irish bishop. He is sometimes called Ciarán the Younger to distinguish him from Saint Ciarán Saighir.

Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was the tutor of Saint Carthage the Elder. In 545 he founded the Monastery of Clonmacnoise; he died about one year later of the yellow plague in his early thirties. His feast day is September 9.

The name Ciarán is arguably the same as Piran and, since Ciarán of Clonmacnoise's father is said to have been Cornish, it is possible that he should be identified with Saint Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall.

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