Founder of Tuam
St Jarlath
Naomh Iarlaith
Feast day · 26 December
The story
Told by St Brendan to drive his chariot until a wheel broke and build his church where it stopped, he got as far as Tuam — which became the ecclesiastical capital of Connacht and remains an archbishopric. His feast is kept on 26 December, though some calendars give 25 December.
The name they gave
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