Flannchad ua Ruaidine (died 1003) was the 53rd

Abbot of Clonmacnoise The Abbot of Clonmacnoise was the monastic head of Clonmacnoise, a monastery situated in County Offaly in Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone. The abbots also bore the title " Comarba of Saint Ciarán", "successor of Saint Ciarán". The ...

. Flannchad was a member of the Corco Moga people, who had by his time been conquered by the Ui Diarmata. The Corco Moga were natives of what is now the parish of

Kilkerrin Kilkerrin () is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is situated on the R364 road (Ireland), R364 regional road south of the town of Glenamaddy. The village is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. Feat ...

in north-east

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. Details on Flannchad's term are few; he succeeded the previous abbot, who was deposed, in 1002.

External links

Annals of the Four Masters

References

* ''Ordnance Survey Letters Galway'', p. 235, ed. John Herity, 2008. 1003 deaths 10th-century Irish abbots 11th-century Irish abbots Christian clergy from County Galway Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub