ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 9th of August WELCOME! SAINT NATHY CRUIMTHIR OF ACHONRY, PRIEST IN IRELAND [Patron of the Diocese of Achonry, anciently called Achad, in Ireland.] St Finian, bishop of Clonard, built this church in 530, and gave it to his disciple Nathy , called also Dathy, which in Irish signifies David, a man of great sanctity. He is surnamed Comrah and Cruimthir. A PRIEST, AN ABBOT, OR A BISHOP? The former, Harris thinks, bears the sense of consecrated or elected. Cruimthir signifies in old Irish a priest, the same as saggart in modern Irish. In St Finian’s life he is only styled priest; but in St Fechin’s, prelate or abbot. Harris thinks he was raised to the episcopal dignity; but Colgan, with all ancient annals, calls him only priest, though this church was made a bishop’s see soon after his time. In the Annals of Ireland the bishops of Achonry are often styled of Luigny or Leny, from the little province or baro...