Saint Kieran was born in the late 5th century AD. He was converted to Christianity and also became a pilgrim to Rome. He was ordained as a priest by Saint Patrick. He was the founder of Saighir monastery and the first bishop of Ossory.
The animals his first monks like John the Baptist, Kieran is a wilderness figure, dressed in the skins of wild animals. Another story is that he blessed a well so that “it had the taste of wine or honey for everyone who drank it got drunk as well as filled”.
It is said that his mother Liadán came with some women and established a community at Saighir also.
He died in 530 AD of natural causes.