Connail Mhór

Greatconnell derives its name from the ancient Connail (documented in records from 722 CE onward) with the descriptive qualifier 'mór' (great). The area's earliest significant history centers on Old Connell, where Saint Conleth established a hermitage around 490 CE. Conleth was renowned as a metalworker, manuscript illuminator, and later became bishop alongside Saint Brigid at Kildare. In the m...