Scaithin
Introduction '''Scaithin''' was an early Medieval Irish saint.
Biography Scaithin was the builder of an oratory on Inishbofin, Galway, used into the 20th century as a children's burial ground. His feast day is 2 January. Scoithín is a variant form of the name, and is that of a saint with links to County Kilkenny, where his seven sons became bishops.
References
See also * Mathias of Inis Ní* Enda of Aran* Alonzo Bosco
References * ''Inisbofin:Guide to the Natural History & Archaeology'', Dave Hogan and Michael Gibbons. * ''A Guide to Connemara's Early Christian Sites'', Anthony Previté, Oughterard, 2008.
External links * http://www.inishbofin.com/Earlychristian.html