Tanaide Ó Maolconaire
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Tanaide Ó Maolconaire was the Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh for an unknown number of years prior to his death in 1385.
Tanaide Mor mac Dúinnín Ó Maolconaire
, who died in 1310, was the only such Ollamh recorded in the annals for the 14th century prior to this. There must have being at least one (indeed many) Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh during the intervening years yet none are recorded. It is possible that disruption due to the likes of the Bruce Wars and two plagues in the middle of the century - along with ongoing warfare by and among the Síol Muireadaigh - contributed to this.
Neither is the relationship between Tanaide and the previous Ollamh made clear, beyond the fact that he was a member of the general clan Ó Maolconaire.
Upon his death, the Annals of Connacht
refer to Tanaide as "Ollam of the Síl Muireadaigh in history and poetry and the most skilled man of his profession in his time, [he] died at Lammas
in his own house, after a victory of Unction and Penance, and was buried in Clooncorpey." He was survived by at least one son, Grígor mac Tanaide Ó Maolconaire.
Tanaide Mor mac Dúinnín Ó Maolconaire
Tanaide Mor mac Dúinnín Ó Maolconaire
Tanaide Mor mac Dúinnín Ó Maolconaire was a member of the Ó Maolconaire family of Connacht, who served as historians and poets to the Síol Muireadaigh, and their rulers, the Ó Conchubhair Kings of Connacht....
, who died in 1310, was the only such Ollamh recorded in the annals for the 14th century prior to this. There must have being at least one (indeed many) Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh during the intervening years yet none are recorded. It is possible that disruption due to the likes of the Bruce Wars and two plagues in the middle of the century - along with ongoing warfare by and among the Síol Muireadaigh - contributed to this.
Neither is the relationship between Tanaide and the previous Ollamh made clear, beyond the fact that he was a member of the general clan Ó Maolconaire.
Upon his death, 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....
refer to Tanaide as "Ollam of the Síl Muireadaigh in history and poetry and the most skilled man of his profession in his time, [he] died at Lammas
Lammas
In some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere, August 1 is Lammas Day , the festival of the wheat harvest, and is the first harvest festival of the year. On this day it was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop...
in his own house, after a victory of Unction and Penance, and was buried in Clooncorpey." He was survived by at least one son, Grígor mac Tanaide Ó Maolconaire.
Sources
- The Encyclopaedia of Ireland 2003; ISBN 0 7171 300 2.
- Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996.
- A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976 - A Companion to Irish History Part I edited by T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin and F.J. Byrne, 1982. ISBN 0 19 821744 7
- The Celebrated Antiquary Nollaig O Muralie, Maynooth, 1996.
- Irish Leaders and Learning Through the Ages Fr. Paul Walsh, 2004. (ed. Nollaig O Muralie).
External links
- List of Published Texts at CELT — University College Cork's Corpus of Electronic Texts