Gormgal
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Gormgal of Ardoileán, Connemara, died 1017/1018.
Biography
[edit]Gormgal is credited with building a number of monastic settlements in the late 10th century. Noted as an anchorite of exceptional sanctity, he made Ardoileán (High Island) famous,[citation needed] so much so that in 1014 Brian Boru visited High Island to make his confession to him.[citation needed] A well on the island is named after Brian.
Gormgal's monastery ceased to exist sometime in the following centuries but High Island remained a destination for pilgrims. His feast day is 5 August.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Féchín of Fore died 665.
- Enda of Aran, died c. 530.
- Ceannanach, missionary, fl. c. 490-500?
- Gillagori Ua Dubhacan, Abbot of Aran, died 1167.
References
[edit]- High Island:An Irish Monastery in the Atlantic, Jenny White Marshall and Grellan D. Rourke, 2000.
- A Guide to Connemara's Early Christian Sites, Anthony Previté, Oughterard, 2008. ISBN 978 0 9560062 0 2