St. Dairbhile's Church

St. Dairbhile (also spelled Deirbhile or Darbiled) was a sixth-century anchorite whose name derives from Old Irish der (daughter) and fili (poet), meaning daughter of a poet. Born of noble lineage in Meath, she was the daughter of Cormac Mac Daithí and is documented in Early Christian hagiographical sources as a venerated figure in the western Irish church. In circa 575–600 AD, Dairbhile sough...