Muiris mac Donnchadh Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe, aka Father Muiris Ulltach, Irish

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 cleric, fl. 1602-1630s.

Father Muiris Ulltach had attended Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill (d. 1602) on his death-bed in Simancas

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 Castle, Spain

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, with Father Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe and Archbishop of Tuam

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 Fláithrí Ó Maol Chonaire. The Annals of the Four Masters

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, in their account of the incident, describe him as a poor friar

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 of the order of St. Francis

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, from the convent

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 of the monastry of [the town of] Donegal

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, which was one of O'Donnell's fortresses.

In the 1630s both he and Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe

Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe

-Spain:Ó Duinnshléibhe was one of two Donegal men named Father Muiris Ulltach who attended Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill on his death-bed in Simancas Castle, Spain, with Archbishop of Tuam Fláithrí Ó Maol Chonaire.-Translator:...

 were attached to the Franciscan

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 convent at Bundrowes, and became acquainted with Mícheál Ó Cléirigh

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, who was then compiling the Annals of the Four Masters

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. Father Muiris's recollections of events, including the death of Ó Domhnaill, were incorporated into the compilation.