Conleth
St Conleth or Conlaid. 5th Century. Born c 450. First Bishop of Kildare c490. St Conleth is recorded as being a skilled worker in gold and silver, and manuscript illuminator. He lived as a hermit in a cell in Old Connell on the bank of the river Liffey near the town of Newbridge. A friend and co-worker of St Brigid, they ran the first double monastery together.