Cainnear is a female Irish given name. Potentially deriving from caoin and der, meaning "gentle daughter",[citation needed] it is the name of one of the legendary daughters of Queen Medb of Connacht and several Irish saints.[1] Variants of the name include Canair,[1] Cainder,[2] and Cainner,[3] and at least two early Christian saints have borne these variants.[4]
Bearers of variants of the name
- Cainer (or Cainder), a daughter of Queen Medbh;[5][6] and the wife of Lugaid son of Curoi.[7] Also called Red Cainnear, she was killed with a spear, saving her mother.[8]
- Cainnear Caomh, a tragic heroine from the book 'The Story of Caolan.'[9]
- St. Cainnear of Inis Cathaig, who is also referred to as 'St. Canair of Bantry Bay',[1] is associated in some sources with Senán mac Geirrcinn of Scattery Island.[10]
- St. Cainner of Rinn-hAllaidh, an early Irish virgin saint. Her feast day is 5 November.[11]
- St. Cainnear of Cluain Claraid, an Irish virgin and an abbess who was healed of muteness by St. Brendan.[10]
- Cainnear of Clonsilla (Cainer of Cluain-da-Saileach), the mother of St. Mochua of Clondalkin and six other male saints.[12]
- St. Cinnera of Kirkinner, a Scottish virgin, associated with Kirkinner, who was a recluse and possibly also a martyr.[4][13] Her feast day is 29 October.[3]
See also
References
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- ^ "Irish Saints". www.namenerds.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ a b "Saints in Scottish Place-Names - Kennera of Kirkinner". saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ a b "Cainner (Cainder, -cannera, Cinnera, Cunnera, or Kennere) from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia". McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
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- ^ "Ladies of Legend: Queen Medb". Beyond the Dreamline. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "Part 1 of The Glenmasan Manuscript". celt.ucc.ie. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "3. A Scribe and His Táin: The H Interpolations in Táin Bó Cúailnge", Playing the Hero, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005-01-31, doi:10.3138/9781442678538-005, ISBN 9781442678538, retrieved 2023-03-15
- ^ Rua, Cainneach (2023). The Story of Caolan. USA: Amazon. pp. 27, 37. ISBN 9798389899780.
- ^ a b "Cainner (Cannera) | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "Saints in Scottish Place-Names - Cainner ingen Chóeláin". saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
Rinn Allaidh. Cainner's unidentified church but may have been in eastern Meath or neighbouring Louth
- ^ Marcella. "Saint Mochua of Clondalkin, August 6". Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "St Kennara's Cross". The Journal Of Antiquities. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "Cill Chainre/Kilcandra". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2023-03-15.