he preceded Saint Patrick is questionable. Ciarán was bishop of Saighir (Seir-Kieran) and remains the patron saint of its successor, the diocese of Ossory...

Cathedral, is a complete copy of an earlier Middle Irish life of Ciarán of Saighir, with different parentage and a different ending that takes into account...

permanently fixed. At the same time, the cathedral was transferred from Seir-Kieran (Saighir, Offaly) to Aghaboe. At the end of the 12th century it was further...

related in Brendan's Life. Saint Ciarán of Saighir (Seir-Kieran). In the Martyrology of Oengus, saint Ciarán of Saighir is not listed as one of the twelve apostles...

the Wayback Machine Early Christian Sites In Ireland Database, Seir Kieran (Saighir) Celtica 23; Radner's commentary on the Fragmentary Annals and the...

name in Ireland (population approximately 460). Seir Kieran takes its name from Saint Ciarán of Saighir, who founded the parish as a civitas (a monastic city)...

see the qualities of Cernunnos subsumed into the life of Saint Ciarán of Saighir, one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. When he was building his first...

mention of Cill Chainnigh in the lives of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Ciarán of Saighir or any of the early annals of Ireland suggesting that Cill Chainnigh was...

Ciarán of Saigir. Saint Ciarán of Saigir (died c.  530) was bishop of Saighir and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is considered to be the first...

no mention of Kilkenny in the lives of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Ciarán of Saighir or any of the early annals of Ireland suggesting that in those times it...

or Kieran 5th century 6th century Saighir (Ireland) 5 March (trad.) Son of Lugna, a noble of the Osraige An apostle of Ireland Bishop of Saighir Ciwa...