Tírechán
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thumb|100px|right|Statue of St Patrick from Agahower. Tírechán was a 7th-century Irish bishop from north Connacht, specifically the Killala Bay area, in what is now County Mayo.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- bishop
- Religion
- Catholic Church
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- end of work period
- 0670-00-00
- start of work period
- 0660-00-00
- floruit
- 0700-00-00
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thumb|100px|right|Statue of St Patrick from Agahower. Tírechán was a 7th-century Irish bishop from north Connacht, specifically the Killala Bay area, in what is now County Mayo.
==Background== Based on a knowledge of Irish customs of the times, historian Terry O’Hagan has concluded that Tírechán was probably from a wealthy, elite family. Sometime in the 650s, he was sent to Ardbraccan in County Meath as a "fosterling" and student of Ultan, bishop of Ardbraccan. References to numerous geographical areas and to sites such as holy wells, cemeteries, crosses, and churches have led O’Hagan to call Tírechán one of the most "widely travelled" of early medieval writers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tírechán” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.