Saint Conaire (also Cannera, Cainder or Cainnear)[1][2][3] (feast day 28 January) was an Irish holy woman who died in 530 AD.

The fire-pillar from Saint Senán mac Geircinn's monastery at Inis Cathaig, in the mouth of the River Shannon, was the highest and so Conaire set off in its direction, judging it to be the most holy.

[7] Another reason is because of the lack of standardisation in pronunciation of the Irish language, resulting in the frequent and regional miss-pronunciation and misspelling of the saint's name over the centuries.

[11] A national school in Shannon, County Clare is also dedicated to her and its pupils undertake an annual pilgrimage on her feast day 28 January.

[14] Thomas Moore, the Irish poet, wrote a poem entitled St. Senanus and the Lady in which he described the encounter between St. Conaire and St. Senan at Scattery Island.