Saint Eoghan

Also known as

• Eugene
• Eugenius
• Euny
• Owen
• Tir Eoghain
• Tyrone

Memorial

• 23 August

Profile

As a boy he was captured and enslaved by pirates, first to Britain, then to Brittany. Friend of Saint Tighernach. As an adult he escaped from the pirates, returned to Ireland, and became a monk. Abbot of Kilnamanagh Abbey, County Wicklow for 15 years. Retired to live as a hermit in the the Mourne valley, County Tyrone c.576; his piety attrached many would-be students. Spiritual teacher of Saint Kevin of Glendalough. First bishop of Ardstraw, Ireland c.581. He was considered its patron from the beginning; the see was moved to Derry in 1254, and Eoghan continued as a patron.

Born

• 6th century in Leinster, Ireland

Died

• c.618 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Derry, Ireland, diocese of

Additional Information

• Battersby’s Registry for the Whole World
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Eoghan“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 January 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>