Guairim of Inisbofin () was chief of Inishbofin, Galway.

Biography

Little is known of Guairim. He is said to have been a contemporary of

Colmán of Lindisfarne Colmán of Lindisfarne ( 605 – 18 February 675 AD) also known as Saint Colmán was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 661 until 664. Life Colman was a native of the west of Ireland and had received his education on Iona. He was probably a nobleman of ...

who founded a monastery on the island in 665. A site adjacent to the harbour on some old maps was called 'Guairim's Castle'; the presbytery is now located there. Another site, listed on the

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maps as Áit Tigh Ghuairim was located in the townland of Bunamullen. Stones from it were taken to build the parochial house. Guairim is supposed to have murdered six of Colmán's monks at Clossy Road, "over a question of

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''Traditional lore, used to tell of blood flowing from the earth at this site. Guairim was taken to
Renvyle Renvyle or Rinvyle () is a peninsula and electoral division in North-West Connemara in County Galway, close to the border with County Mayo in Ireland. History The ruins of the castle of Grace O'Malley (''Gráinne Mhaol'') can be found on t ...
and tried, then chained to a rock at low tide and left to drown.''

References

* ''Colmán's Cemetery:A History of Christianity, the Church and the Monastery on Inisbofin since 665 A.D.'', Maire Coyne, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Guairim of Inisbofin People from County Galway 7th-century Irish monarchs

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