Iarlaithe mac Loga [SEP] canonization status
Iarlaithe mac Loga
Saint Iarlaithe mac Loga, also known as Jarlath ("fl." 6th century), was an Irish priest and scholar from Connacht, remembered as the founder of the monastic School of Tuam and of the Archdiocese of Tuam, of which he is the patron saint. No medieval "Life" for Iarlaithe is extant, but sources for his life and cult include genealogies, martyrologies, the Irish "Lives of St Brendan of Clonfert", and a biography compiled by John Colgan in the 17th century
873, NHI)
People.
Among the early medieval Irish were many notable people whose population-group were classed as Fortuatha. They included:
- Brigid of Kildare ( 451–525) - of the Fortuatha Laigin
- Brendan () - of the Altraige of Ciarraige Luachra
- Iarlaithe mac Loga of Tuam (fl. 6th century) - a member of the Conmaicne
- Suibne moccu Fir Thrí (died 11 January 657) - possibly of the Corca Fhir Trí
- Neide mac Onchu (fl.