Oughaval, County Laois
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Oughaval, sometimes called Oakvale, is a townland in the civil parish of Stradbally, County Laois, in Ireland. It is the site of a sixth-century monastic settlement.
Oughaval Monastery and graveyard
Fintan of Clonenagh
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Fintan of Clonenagh was an Irish hermit and monk. He was an abbot and disciple of Columba of Terryglass.
Oughaval, County Laois
…at Oughaval in the late sixth century by St Colman mac Ua Laoighse, otherwise St Colman of Oughaval. He was a disciple of St Columba of Iona and of St Fintan, abbot of Clonenagh, and in the Martyrology of Tallaght he appears as Colman mac h Laighsi, with a feast day on 15 May. After several years as a novice…
St. Fintan's Tree, Clonenagh