The following is a list of abbots and monastic bishops. (Those who are not fully considered as abbot are indicated in square brackets, and those who were consecrated as bishops, but did not hold the office of abbot are indicated in italics and rounded brackets):[1]
Saint Mo Chutu (Cathage, or Carrthach), d. 14 May 637/39.
Names and dates of the abbots to the late 600s are unknown.
[Conodur, possibly abbot of Lismore, fl. 696/97].[A]
Iarnlach (Iarlug, Iarlaga), also consecrated as a bishop, d. 16 January 700.
Cuandae (Cuanu), d. 4 February 701.
Colmán mac Findbairr (Mo Cholmóc, Colmán of Leathain, Colmán of Lismore), d. 22 January 703.
Crónán ua hÉcáin, d. 1 June 718.
Colmán ua Litáin, d. 25 July 730.
Mac Óige, d. 3 December 752/53.
Tríchmech (or Trígmech), also consecrated as a bishop, d. 7 July 760. (He is mentioned in the Annals of Inisfallen)[3]
Áedáin, d. 19 July 768.
Suairlech mac Ciaráin, d. 4 December 774.
Órach, also abbot of Inis Domle, d. 781.
(Ronan, consecrated as a bishop, but not abbot of Lismore, d. 9 February 793).
Áedán moccu Raichlich (mac Raichlich), also consecrated as a bishop, d. 16 March 814.
Fland mac Faírchellaig, also abbot of Cork and Emly, d. 21 December 825.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN0-521-56350-X.
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Vol.XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-821745-5.
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