Four Comely Saints

The Four Comely Saints (Irish: an Ceathrar Álainn) is a collective name for Fursey, Brendan of Birr, Conall, and Berchán, four saints in the early Irish Christian church.

At their reputed burial place on Inishmore is a ruined fifteenth-century church dedicated to them.[1][2][3][4][5] A reputed miraculous cure at the adjacent holy well inspired John Millington Synge's play The Well of the Saints.[6]

References
  1. "Excursion to Aran Islands, Galway, &c, July 1895". Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Dublin: Dublin University Press. XXV (V, 5th series) (III): 261. 1895.
  2. "Leabaancheathranaloinn". Placenames Database of Ireland.
  3. "Templeanchaeathrairalainn". Placenames Database of Ireland.
  4. Note: the location of Claregalway given on logainm.ie is incorrect.
  5. "Small-scale map of Oghil, Inishmore". Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  6. Synge, John Millington (1992). Tim Robinson (ed.). The Aran Islands. Penguin Classics. p. 139. ISBN 0-14-018432-5. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
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