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Dougal was Abbot of Birr, Ireland. He was a member of the royal family of King Niall Frossach. Dougal reportedly met with St. Balther at Ballsodare, near Sligo, in 745. Dougal was the founding Bishop of Killala, Ireland in the 8th century. Dougal is described as an old man of Niall Frossach’s family, and was placed at the abbot of Birr by him. He probably resigned after a few years, and retired to an island off the Sligo coast in Donegal Bay. He died there as a hermit, and his feast day is April 20.