Kieran of Seirkieran (c.545) | 5th March Kieran of Seirkieran (not to be confused with Ciarán of Clonmacnoise) is remembered as one of the early pioneers of Irish monasticism. Born in County Cork, he travelled north and eventually founded his monastery at Seirkieran, in what is now County Offaly, within the ancient kingdom of Ossory….


