Scaithin Explained

Scaithin was an early Medieval Irish saint.

Biography

Scaithin was the builder of an oratory on Inishbofin, Galway, used into the 20th century as a children's burial ground.^[1] His feast day is 2 January. Scoithín is a variant form of the name, and is that of a saint with links to County Kilkenny, where his seven sons became bishops.

See also

• Mathias of Inis Ní
• Enda of Aran
• Alonzo Bosco

References

• Inisbofin:Guide to the Natural History & Archaeology, Dave Hogan and Michael Gibbons.
• A Guide to Connemara's Early Christian Sites, Anthony Previté, Oughterard, 2008.

External links

• http://www.inishbofin.com/Earlychristian.html

Notes and References

1. http://www.inishbofin.com/early-christian/ "Early Christian", Inishbofin Community Centre