Cronan Balnae (died 692) was an Irish Saint.

Cronan Balnae (Cronan of Balla) appears to have been a successor of Mo Chua, who founded the monastery of Balla.

However, O Murail appears to identify him with Mo Chua himself.

His obituary appears in the Annals of the Four Masters.

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  • An Outline History of County Mayo by Nollaig O Muraile, p. 12, and A Mayo Miscellany by Bernard O'Hara, p. 243, in Mayo:Aspects of its Heritage, ed. Bernard O'Hara, 1982.

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