Saint Daig MacCairaill

Also known as

• Dagaeus MacCairaill
• Daganus MacCairaill
• Daig of Inish Cain
• Daig of Iniskeen
• Daig of Iniskin

Memorial

• 18 August

Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Finnian of Clonard. Bishop of Inish Cain Dega (Iniskeen or Iniskin), Ireland. He founded a monastery there, and served as its abbot. The Book of Leinster describes him as a one of the Three Master Craftsmen of Ireland, though its unclear exactly what this means.

Born

• Irish

Died

• 586

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Daig MacCairaill”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 December 2009. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-daig-maccairaill/>