Cill Éinne

Killeany, known in Irish as Cill Éinne (Church of Éinne), derives its name from Saint Enda (Éanna/Éinne), a renowned 5th-6th century monk-saint who established the first monastic settlement on Inis Mór around 484-490 AD. The place name definitively refers to this saint, not to any figure named Anna. Saint Enda was originally a warrior-king of Oriel in Ulster before his conversion by his sister,...