Gobán Saor

The Gobán Saor was a highly skilled smith or architect in Irish history and legend.

The Catholic Encyclopedia considers him historical and born at Turvey, on the Donabate peninsula in North County Dublin, about 560.

In the "Life of St. Abban" it is said that "the fame of Gobban as a builder in wood as well as stone would exist in Ireland to the end of time."

[2] The Wonder Smith and His Son is a retelling of fourteen tales about the Gobán Saor, by Ella Young; illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff (1927).

[3] His supposed burial site is located next to Derrynaflan Church, County Tipperary.