Macdara

Mac Dara was a sixth century Irish Christian saint who lived on an island off the west coast of Ireland.

Saint Macdara's Island off the coast of County Galway "was home in the sixth century to St. Macdara, Connemara's most respected saint, who built a one-room chapel here" which is "considered one of the finest early Christian oratories in Ireland".

[5][6] The Saint's name does not appear in any of the Calendars or Martyrologies, but he has found a place in the Rev.

[7] Mac Dara is the patron saint of west Connacht fishermen,[1] and the parish of Moyrus, where the church was named for him.

[2] The spelling of the name has a number of different variations including MacDara, Macdarragh and Macdarra.