I thought the Order of Cile D was founded in the 8th century by St Maelruan of Tallaght?
“In the Early Irish Church, the Term Cle D was used prior to the 8th cent to refer to religious persons in service to God, but thereafter came to mean an adherent to teachings of the new movement.” – Michael Byrnes Encyclopedia of Medieval Ireland St Maelruan founded a movement that is now commonly known as the Cile D Reformation. His aim was to return back to an earlier, simpler spirituality that was more Irish in flavour. The result seemed to be an incredibly severe form of asceticism that bares very little resemblance to the life of our Cile D Order. Perhaps the only similarity that the current Order shares with the Cile D Reformation is that of being called to manifest a vision inspired by an earlier form of Celtic Spirituality. But in the case of the current Order, that form was never entirely extinct, so there was no need to “reform” it. It has always been a living inner flame held by a few stalwart souls throughout the centuries. We have merely sought to blow new life into the e
