St. Scuithin also known as Scolan, Scothin or Scuitin, was a medieval Irish saint with strong Welsh connections. Sometime in the 6th century, Scuthin left Ireland to pursue a life of cenobitic monasti
Gowran is a barony in the east of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The size of the barony is 430.5 square kilometres. There are 35 civil parishes in Gowran. The chief town today is Gowran. The barony contain
Scuithin
…the house/abode of Scuithin. This has been anglicised as Tiscoffin and preserved as one of the civil parishes in Ireland within the Kilkenny Barony of Gowran. The county Kilkenny town of Castlewarren in the Diocese of Ossory also preserves his name with the church of St. Scuithin. The townland of Freynestown…