Spain

Ó Duinnshléibhe was one of two Donegal

Donegal

Donegal or Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Its name, which was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall, translates from Irish as "stronghold of the foreigners" ....

 men named Father Muiris Ulltach

Muiris mac Donnchadh Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe

Muiris mac Donnchadh Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe, aka Father Muiris Ulltach, Irish cleric, fl. 1602-1630s.Father Muiris Ulltach had attended Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill on his death-bed in Simancas Castle, Spain, with Father Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe and Archbishop of Tuam Fláithrí Ó Maol...

 who attended Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill (d. 1602) on his death-bed in Simancas

Simancas

Simancas is a town and municipality of central Spain, located in the province of Valladolid, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León...

 Castle, Spain

Spain

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, with Archbishop of Tuam

Archbishop of Tuam

The Archbishop of Tuam is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Roman Catholic Church.-History:...

 Fláithrí Ó Maol Chonaire.

Translator

In the 1620s, Ó Duinnshléibhe translated Francis O'Mahony's Brevis synopsis Provinciae Hyberniae FF Minorum into Irish

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

. This version was later made available to Mícheál Ó Cléirigh

Mícheál Ó Cléirigh

Mícheál Ó Cléirigh , sometimes known as Michael O'Clery, was an Irish chronicler, scribe and antiquary and chief author of the Annals of the Four Masters, assisted by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire, and Peregrinus Ó Duibhgeannain.-Background and early life:Grandson of Tuathal...

 and his co-workers for the Annals of the Four Masters

Annals of the Four Masters

The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history...

. In 1641, Ó Cléirigh wrote that

• And Fr. Muiris Ulltach mac Seaáin, who was a long time guardian of Donegal, translated the same into Irish.

Bundrowes

As Ó Cléirigh indicated, Ó Duinnshléibhe was guardian of the Franciscan convent

Convent

A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion...

 at Bundrowes, County Donegal

County Donegal

County Donegal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal. Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county...

, from 1632 to 1635. In 1624, he

• understood that Ireland's saints had been composed arcanely by the holy bishop ... he requested the Fr Provincial who was in that same convent of Donegal (he was by name also another Muiris Ulltach) to prevail upon ... Cú Choigcríche son of Diarmaid Ó Cléirigh
  Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh
  Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh was an Irish historian and genealogist, known in English as Peregrine O'Clery.-Life and work:Ó Cléirigh was a son of Diarmaid Ó Cléirigh, and thus a third-cousin once removed to Brother Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, whom he assisted in compiling the Annals of the Four...
  
  who was well versed in Irish and who had some of the old books required for this task to put the saints in the order in which they now are after the manner of the Roman Martyrology as they themselves instructed.

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005F/