Irish abbot. Brendan was one of the early monastic Irish saints. He was a friend and disciple of St Columba. Brendan of Birr is said to have come from a noble Munster family. He studied at the Clonard ...

St Brendan’s played with the aid of the strong breeze in the opening half and they didn’t waste any time setting out their stall. With just 35 seconds on the clock, John Coughlan opened the scoring ...