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Also Known As Saint Adomnan • Saint Eunan
Born c.625 • Donegal • Ireland
Died 704
St. Gregory of Tours
Frankish scholar
Venantius Fortunatus
French poet and bishop
Alban Butler, detail from an engraving by J.W. Cook, 18th century.
Alban Butler
English priest and educator
stained glass window depicting St. Brigid of Ireland
St. Brigid of Ireland
Irish saint
John Dominic Crossan
Irish-born American theologian
John Hume
John Hume
Irish leader
St. Malachy
St. Malachy
Irish archbishop
Statue of Edmund Ignatius Rice
Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
Irish missionary
Marymount School, New York
Mother Marie Joseph Butler
Irish Roman Catholic nun
John Scotus Erigena
Irish philosopher
George Tyrrell
Irish theologian
Sister Julia McGroarty
American religious leader
Nicholas Wiseman
English cardinal
Saint Fursey
Irish saint
Mary McAleese
Mary McAleese
president of Ireland
John England
American bishop
St. Oliver Plunket, engraving by R. Collin, 1681
Saint Oliver Plunket
Irish martyr
Mannix, Daniel
Daniel Mannix
Australian archbishop
Patrick Sarsfield
Irish Jacobite
Mother Teresa Lalor
Irish-American religious leader

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