Saint Derchairthinn or Tarcairteann (fl 6th century) is venerated as a prioress and saint of the monastery of
Oughter Ard
Oughterard (, “a high place”) is an ecclesiastical hilltop site, graveyard, townland, and formerly a parish, borough and royal manor in County Kildare, nowadays part of the community of Ardclough, close to the Dublin border. It is the buria ...
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Ardclough
Ardclough, officially Ardclogh (; ), is a village and community in the parish of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. It is two miles (3 km) off the N7 national primary road. It is the burial place and probable birthplace of Arthur Guinness, w ...
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County Kildare
County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, ...
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Her feast day is March 8.
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Lineage
She was said to be “of the race of Colla Uais, Monarch of Érinn”.
(Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh (), sometimes known as Michael O'Clery, was an Irish chronicler, scribe and antiquary and chief author of the ''Annals of the Four Masters,'' assisted by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire, and Pereg ...
, 1575-1643; 1861 edition editors John O'Donovan 1809-1861; James Henthorn Todd
James Henthorn Todd (23 April 1805 – 28 June 1869) was a biblical scholar, educator, and Irish historian. He is noted for his efforts to place religious disagreements on a rational historical footing, for his advocacy of a liberal form of Prote ...
1805-1869; William Reeves 1815-1892;1864) p71
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Kildare heritage
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6th-century Irish abbots
Medieval Irish saints
Medieval saints of Leinster
6th-century Irish nuns
Irish Roman Catholic abbesses
Irish folklore
6th-century Christian saints
Female saints of medieval Ireland