Abbot of Scattery Island
St Senan
Naomh Seanán
Feast day · 1 March
The story
Founder of the monastery on Scattery Island in the Shannon estuary, where legend has him banishing a monster called the Cathach from the island. His round tower still stands; the last islanders left in 1978.
The name they gave
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