ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 16th of October WELCOME! SAINT KIARA, VIRGIN ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Kiara was of a noble Irish family from Muskerry, and lived for some time with her maidens at Techtelle, in the county of Westmeath. This place had been given to her by St Fintan Munn. St Kiara later founded a monastery a few miles southwest of Cork, which was named Kilkere after her. There she is buried and also venerated. St Kiara is also known as Kyaer, Kyear, Cera, Cier, Ciar, Cyra). The Bollandists * mention her in the Life of St Munnn or Fintan, a disciple of St Columba (Columcille). In Dr Kelly's Mart. Taml.* she is called Cere filia Duibhrea , and St Fintan is referred to as Finntan Mac Tulchan i. Munna . (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 648) *A hagiography source used by the authors Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PR...