'''Saint Davnet''' (in Gaelic '''Damhnait''') was a woman who seems to have lived and died at Tydavnet at Sliabh Beagh, Co. Monaghan. Tradition speaks of Saint Davnet as a Virgin and she was also regared as the founder of a church or Monastery. A ''bachall'' (staff) said to have been hers has been preserved. In the past it was used as a test of truth. Davnet {{saint-stub}}