Seeking information on St. Kieran the Younger?

Question:He is a Patron Saint. Can anyone tell me what that means? What might he be a Patron Saint of?

He is reputed to have performed several miracles. Does anyone have information on this?

Below is an example of what I know about him, but I need answers to the questions above.

St. Kieran
Feastday: September 9



St. Kieran was born in Connacht, Ireland. He was the son of Beoit, a carpenter. He studied at St. Finnian's school at Clonard and taught the daughter of the king of Cuala, as he was considered the most learned monk at Clonard. Kieran spent seven years at Inishmore on Aran with St. Enda and then went to a monastery in the center of Ireland called Isel. Forced to leave by the monks because of what they considered his excessive charity, he spent some time on Inis Aingin (Hare Island) and with eight companions, migrated to a spot on the bank of the Shannon river in Offaly, where he built a monastery that became the famous Clonmacnois, reknowned for centuries as the great center of Irish learning, and was its Abbot. Many extravagant miracles and tales are told of Kieran, who is one of the twelve apostles of Ireland. He is often called St. Kieran the Younger to distinguish him from St. Kieran of Saighir. His feast day is September 9



Answers:
Kieran the Younger] (born 516, Ireland—died 549, Clonmacnoise; feast day September 9) Irish abbot, one of the founders of monasticism in Ireland. Ciaran was educated with St. Columba at the monastery of Clonard and then lived on the island of Aranmore as a disciple of St. Enda. He traveled to central Ireland and settled with eight companions at Clonmacnoise, where he founded an abbey (548) that later won renown as a center of medieval learning. Ciaran's abbey was so influential that more than half the monasteries in Ireland followed its severely ascetic rule. There is an annual pilgrimage to Clonmacnoise on his feast day.
A Patron Saint: "In those denominations of Christianity which believe in the intercession of saints, the patron saint of a particular group of people is a saint who has special affinity for that group and its members. Prayers by such people are considered more likely to be answered by their patron saint."

I found his name spelled this way:

"Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was an early Irish bishop. He is sometimes called Ciarán the Younger to distinguish him from Saint Ciarán Saighir.

Born in 516 in Connacht, County Roscommon, Ciarán was the son of a chariotmaker. He was a student of Finian's at Clonard and in time became a teacher, himself. He also studied under Saint Enda of Aran, who advised him to build a church and monastery in the middle of Ireland and in 545 he founded the Monastery of Clonmacnoise; he died about one year later of the yellow plague in his early thirties. His feast day is September 9.

Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was the tutor of Saint Carthage the Elder and legend has it that it was his cow which supplied the parchment for the Leobr na h'Uidre, Book of the Dun Cow, one of the oldest and most important Irish literary collections, compiled by a Clonmacnoise scribe in 1106.

The name Ciarán is arguably the same as Piran and, since Ciarán of Clonmacnoise's father is said to have been Cornish, it is possible that he should be identified with Saint Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall."

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