Sadhbh Béan Ó Mailchonaire
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Sadhbh Ó Mailchonaire, Ban Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh, 1441-47.
The Annals of Connacht
, sub anno 1447, record her death as follows:Sadb daughter of Uilliam Mac Branain, wife of Mailin O Mailchonaire, died after a victory over the world and the Devil. However, a more fulsome account appears in Mac Fhirbhisigh's annals, where she is called Banollamh of Silmiredhy fitz ffeargus and a nurse to all guests and strangers and of all the learned men in Ireland.
Her husand, the poet and historian Mailin mac Tanaide Ó Maolconaire
died in 1441, after which Sadhbh apparently replaced him as poet, hence the term banollamh (woman-poet).
The Annals of Connacht
Annals of Connacht
The Annals of Connacht, covering the years 1224 to 1544, are drawn from a manuscript compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries by at least three scribes, all believed to be members of the Clan Ó Duibhgeannáin....
, sub anno 1447, record her death as follows:Sadb daughter of Uilliam Mac Branain, wife of Mailin O Mailchonaire, died after a victory over the world and the Devil. However, a more fulsome account appears in Mac Fhirbhisigh's annals, where she is called Banollamh of Silmiredhy fitz ffeargus and a nurse to all guests and strangers and of all the learned men in Ireland.
Her husand, the poet and historian Mailin mac Tanaide Ó Maolconaire
Mailin mac Tanaide Ó Maolconaire
Mailin mac Tanaide Ó Maolconaire, Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh, c.1360-1441.The Annals of Connacht, sub anno 1441, say of him:Mailin son of Tanaide O Mailchonaire, ollav of the Sil Murray, principal author of the learning of Ireland and Scotland and head of his family for thirty-seven years, went the...
died in 1441, after which Sadhbh apparently replaced him as poet, hence the term banollamh (woman-poet).
Sources
- Annals of Connacht, A. Martin Freeman, Dublin, 1946.
- Annals of Ireland from the year 1443 ... translated by ... Dudley mac FirbisseDubhaltach Mac FhirbhisighDubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius was an Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist...
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, in The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society, vol. i, pp.198-302, Dublin, 1846.