St. Kerrill symbolises his success as a Christian missionary in the area. The 'monster' in question, in all probability, refers to some pagan deity that was worshipped at this place in pre-Christian times ... Many similar stories are told ... at different locations throughout the country." Kerrill is portrayed as having a rivalry with St Connell, whose eccleastical territory bounded Kerrill's. One outcome was a mutual cursing, in which Connell said May there be blood shed on every fair day in Kilconnell to which Connell replied May there be a funeral every Monday in Cloonkeen. To this day no funerals are held in Cloonkeenkerrill on Monday. Connell has been mistaken for Conainne, a female missionary and founder of Kilconnell. A miracle told of Kerrill stated that his intercessions with God allowed Cianóg ní Cicharáin to become pregnant after years of a childless marriage. She bore two daughters, who were the respective ancestors of Brian Boru and the Ó Conchobair Kings of Connacht. Kerrill was important enough to be rated the second Patrick of that fifth (i.e., province). There is a 14th Century Roman Catholic Church named Cille Choirill in Glen Spean, north of Ben Nevis, in the Lochaber district of the Scottish Highlands. Local tradition maintains that it is named for the same St Kerrill whom it is believed, evangelized in the area before returning to Clonkeenkerril in East Galway. Though the scholarship now may doubt the connection between the Irish Cruithin and the Scottish Picts, is it not interesting that Kerril was from the Soghain Cruithin people then went to preach to people fairly inland in the Scottish Highlands and therefore probably still Pictish in culture? See also Maolán References The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill: A Fifth-Century East Galway Evangelist by Joseph Mannion, 2004. 0 954798 1 3 5th-century births Year of death unknown People from County Galway Medieval Irish saints 5th-century Irish priests 5th-century Christian saints Medieval saints of Connacht People from Athenry