- Cronan Balnae
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Cronan Balnae, Irish Saint, died 692.
Cronan Balnae (Cronan of Balla) appears to have been a successor of Mo Chua, who founded the monastry of Balla, about the year 500.
However, O Murail appears to identify him with Mo Chua himself.
His obit appears in the Annals of the Four Masters.
External links
References
- An Outline History of County Mayo by Nollaig O Muraile, p. 12, and A Mayo Miscellany by Bernard O'Hara, p.243, in Mayo:Aspects of its Heritage, ed. Bernard O'Hara, 1982.
Categories:- Medieval Gaels
- 7th-century Irish people
- People from County Mayo
- 692 deaths
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