Íbar is the name of a very obscure early Irish saint, after whom Killibar Beg – noted in the Episcopal Rental of Clonfert, – in

County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...

is named. The original form would have been ''Cill Íbar'' ('the church of Íbar'). Killibar Beg exists as a placename in the townland of Liscuib, Ballymacward,

. Nothing further is known of Íbar, beyond that he would have been active as an evangelist among the Soghain of

Connacht Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...

during or after the lifetime of Kerrill.

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* ''The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill: A Fifth-Century East Galway Evangelist'', Joseph Mannion, 2004. 0 954798 1 3 People from County Galway Medieval saints of Connacht 5th-century Irish Christian clergy 6th-century Irish Christian clergy Medieval Irish saints {{Ireland-saint-stub

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