Derchairthinn

Saint Derchairthinn or Tarcairteann (fl 6th century) is venerated as a prioress and saint of the monastery of Oughter Ard in Ardclough, County Kildare.[1] Her feast day is March 8.[2][3]

Saint Derchairthinn
Died~
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
FeastMarch 8
PatronageOughter Ard

Lineage

She was said to be “of the race of Colla Uais, Monarch of Érinn”.[2] [4]

References
  1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. The Martyrology of Óengus mac Óengobann the Culdee
  3. Eoghan Corry and Jim Tancred; Annals of Ardclough (2004).
  4. The martyrology of Donegal; a calendar of the saints of Ireland (Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, 1575-1643; 1861 edition editors John O'Donovan 1809-1861; James Henthorn Todd 1805-1869; William Reeves 1815-1892;1864) p71
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