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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