Topic summary
Saint Feichin
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Féchín of Fore.
Veneration
Places connected with Féchín's cult include: Fore Abbey (County Westmeath), Cong Abbey (County Mayo), Omey Island (County Galway), Ardoilén/High Island (County Galway), Inishmaan (County Galway), Claddaghduff (County Galway), Cleggan (County Galway) and Termonfeckin (County Louth). Around 1200 the Norman landlords known as the De Lacys built a Benedictine Priory dedicated to St Féchín and St Taurin. Also, at Ballysadare, (County Sligo), above the west bank of the river, exist the ruins of St. Fechin's Church, and in the Catholic Church in nearby Colooney is a stained glass portrait of the saint. Local legend has him as a brother of St. Adomnán of Skreen and Iona, where Adomnán was the successor and first biographer of St. Colm Cille. Gilla an Choimded Ó Duillénnáin was a coarb or erenagh of Saint Feichin.