Laisrén mac Nad Froích

Laisrén is the subject of both a Latin and an Irish Life, which offer loose narratives in which a number of miscellaneous anecdotes and miracles have been grouped together.

The Lives make clear that the area of Devenish was ruled by the Síl nDaiméni branch of the Uí Chremthainn.

[1] According to the Irish genealogies of saints, Laisrén belonged to the Uí Chóelbad, who were based in Mag Line (Co Antrim) and formed the leading branch of the Cruithni.

One story which links him to famous contemporaries claims that he studied the Gospels under the mentorship of St Finnián of Clonard (d.

One of his stopping places was at Ferns, where he visited his foster brother St Máedóc and promised him to do good on his behalf.