Tola the Pious«Tolanus / Tola Cráibdech / Tola Cráibhtheach»

(† 738)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος (of Dysart Tola), Bishop (of Clonard††)
Place of birth:Kingdom of Munster†††
Place of death:Kingdom of Meath††††
Place(s) associated with:Clare†††††; Westmeath††††††
Feastday
30 March
Disert-tuala / Díseart Thola [c, 738–790]
††Cluain Ioraird
†††Cóiced Muman / Rígdacht Muman / Cúige Mumhan / Ríocht Mumhan [1st cent. BC–1118]
††††Cóiced Mide / Cúige an Mhí / Ríoghdhacht an Mhidhe [1st cent.–1172]
†††††an Clár
††††††an Iarmhí

Saints

This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.

The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.

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Sources

Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia