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Tigernach of Clones

  • ob. 549
  • Feast-day: 4 April
  • Tigernach mac Coirpri
  • Clúain Éois
  • saints of Ireland
  • (agents)
Irish saint associated with Clúain Éois (now Clones, Co. Monaghan), which lay in the kingdom of the Uí Chremthainn. His mother is said to have been Der Fraích, daughter of Eochaid (mac Crimthainn), king of the Uí Chremthainn, while his faiher is said to have been a Leinsterman named Coirpre (of the Uí Bairrche, according to some genealogical sources).


See also: Clúain Éois
Clúain Éois ... Clones
County Monaghan
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Der Fraích [daughter of Eochaid king of Uí Chremthainn]Der Fraích ... daughter of Eochaid king of Uí Chremthainn
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Uí BairrcheUí Bairrche
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Uí ChremthainnUí Chremthainn
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Reference works
McGuire, James [ed.], and James Quinn [ed.], Dictionary of Irish biography, online ed., Online: Royal Irish Academy, Cambridge University Press, 2009–present. URL: <https://www.dib.ie>.
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