Saint Brendan
Briga, sister of Saint Brendan, first abbess
Cluain Iraird (Clonard) 1195 / Cell Craobhnat (Kilcreevanty) 1223, 1400
granted by Aed, K. of Connacht, in 6th c.
Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster otherwise Annala Senait, Annals of Senat: a chronicle of Irish affairs from A.D. 431 to A.D. 1540, index; The Annals of Loch Cé : a Chronicle of Irish Affairs from A.D. 1014 to A.D. 1590, index; Martyrology of Donegal: A Calendar of the Saints of Ireland, 8; Acta sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntu : vel à catholicis scriptoribus celebrantur, quae ex Latinis & Graecis..., lix. 889; Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland: Papal Letters (1198-1492) v, 335; Calendar of documents relating to Ireland, preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London, 1171-1307.
A chorographical description of West or H-Iar Connaught, 3; Vetera monumenta Hibernorum et Scotorum historiam illustrantia quae ex Vaticani, Neapolis ac Florentiae tabulariis deprompsit, 5; Monasticon hibernicum, or, A history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland : interspersed with memoirs of their several founders and benefactors, and of their abbots and other superiors, to the time of their final suppression; Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 6 Part 2,1043-4.
Augustinian (Arrouasian) when became a priory ca.1144/ probable that nuns and community of regular canons at St Mary de Portu Partum shared one church, while residing separately in monasteries; in 1223, Cell Craobhnat became head Arroasian house for Connacht; nuns may have been transferred to Inis Medhon 1233-4 (needs verification)
