Menott may have been the name of an early Christian

Christian

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 evangelist

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 among the Soghain

Soghain

The Soghain were a people of ancient Ireland. Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh identified them as part of a larger group called the Cruithin, and stated of them:...

 people of Connaught

Connacht

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He is now represented in the placename Kilmenott, Ballymacward

Ballymacward

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, of which the original form would be Cell Menott ('the church of Menott'). His background is unknown, though a number of the early missionaries in the area were of the Soghain

Soghain

The Soghain were a people of ancient Ireland. Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh identified them as part of a larger group called the Cruithin, and stated of them:...

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Nothing else is known of Menott, but his foundation of the church - of which there are no apparent remains - would have been in the lifetime or succeeding generation of Kerrill

Kerrill

Saint Kerrill aka Caireall mac Curnain was a Christian missionary in what is now east County Galway, alive in the mid-to-late 5th century.-Origins:...

, who was appointed first Bishop

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 of the Soghain

Soghain

The Soghain were a people of ancient Ireland. Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh identified them as part of a larger group called the Cruithin, and stated of them:...

 by Saint Patrick

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