Cuindles

Cuindles, 17th Abbot of Clonmacnoise, died 724.

Cuindles was a member of the Soghain of Connacht. He had succeeded in 713. In 723, a fire destroyed the monastery buildings.

His memorial slab still exists, bearing the inscription Or ar Chuindless (A prayer for Cuindles)

References

• The Abbatial Succession at Clonmacnoise, p. 499, John Ryan, in Feil-Sgribhinn Eoin Mhic Neill, Dublin, 1938.