Scaithin was an early Medieval Irish saint associated with the island of Inishbofin, County Galway. Scaithin was the builder of an oratory on Inishbofin, used into the 20th century as a children's burial ground. His feast day is 2 January. ScoithÃÂn is a variant form of the name, and is that of a saint with links to County Kilkenny, where his seven sons became bishops.