Latiaran or Lateerin is a legendary Irish saint, associated with a sacred well in the county of Cork, and usually described as one of three sisters.
According to Duhallow legend, Latiaran's sisters were Lasair (Flame) and Inghean Bhuidhe (the Yellow-haired Girl).
[1][5] Legends claim that Latiaran and her sisters and brothers began living at Cullen, but the others traveled away to other locations.
[1] Latiaran's main legend is that every day she would leave her cell to fetch a seed of fire from the blacksmith and carry it back in her apron.
[6][7] A poem version, "The Romance of Lateeran," is attributed to the Irish poet James Clarence Mangan, although its authorship is debated.
[8][9] According to one source collected by the Irish Folklore Commission from Raheen in County Kerry, both "Lotearan" and "Crobh-Dhearg" had the power to carry live coals of fire in their aprons for long distances without burning anything.