An Giolla Glas Ó Caiside
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An Giolla Glas Ó Caiside, Gaelic
-Irish
physician
and scribe
, fl. 1515-1527.
Ó Caiside
was a member of a brehon
family based in County Fermanagh
, In the second and third decades of the 16th-century, he compiled a manuscript containing "scientific commentary on a wide range of topics including medicine, philosophy, astronomy and botany." Such manuscripts would have created for the use of the family and their colleges, often copied by physicains in other parts of Ireland. A number, such as Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, became family heirlooms over the centuries. Ó Caiside's manuscript still exists and is stored in the library of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
.
Gaels
The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....
-Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and scribe
Scribe
A scribe is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its records. The profession, previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and status with the advent of printing...
, fl. 1515-1527.
Ó Caiside
Ó Caiside
Ó Caiside is the name of a Gaelic-Irish family. It is now usually anglicised as Cassidy.The surname Ó Caiside was found in all regions of medieval Ireland, it been the name of several unrelated families....
was a member of a brehon
Brehon
Brehon is the term in Gaelic-Irish culture for a judge. The Brehons were part of the system of "Brehon Law". The Brehons wore yellow robes when delivering verdicts. Several dozen families were recognised as hereditary brehon clans.-See also:* Mac an Bhaird...
family based in County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh
Fermanagh District Council is the only one of the 26 district councils in Northern Ireland that contains all of the county it is named after. The district council also contains a small section of County Tyrone in the Dromore and Kilskeery road areas....
, In the second and third decades of the 16th-century, he compiled a manuscript containing "scientific commentary on a wide range of topics including medicine, philosophy, astronomy and botany." Such manuscripts would have created for the use of the family and their colleges, often copied by physicains in other parts of Ireland. A number, such as Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, became family heirlooms over the centuries. Ó Caiside's manuscript still exists and is stored in the library of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom...
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