Ainglioch Ó Dónalláin,
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...
, fl. mid-14th or mid-15th century.
Origins
Ó Dónalláin was a member of a minor family of
bards based at Ballydonnellan,
Loughrea
Loughrea ( ; ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains, and the lake from which it takes its name. The town's cathedral, St Brendan's, dominates the town's skyline ...
,
County Galway, in what was then the kingdom of
Uí Maine. Their
pedigree is given in Leabhar Uí Maine:
gave their descent as
''Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi
Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi, Irish dynast, fl. c. 9th/10th century.
Biography
Domnallan was the son of Maelbrigdi, a member of the Ui Maine dynasty, located in south-east Connacht. His pedigree is given as ''Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi mic Grenain ...
, mic Grenain, mic Loingsich, mic Domnallain, mic Bresail, mic Dluthaig, mic Fithchellaig, mic Dicholla, mic Eogain Find.''
Domnallain mac Maelbrigdi was alive about the reign of king Muirgus mac Domnaill (973-986.
An alternative term for them and their associated families was Clan Breasail, indicating their joint descent from Breasail mac Dluthaig.
The original castle of was said to have been built in 936, and was rebuilt after a fire in 1412.
Cuige Connacht
Ó Dónalláin is known from a single extant poem of 192 verses, ''Cuige Connacht'', in praise of Aedh Mac Diarmata (
MacDermot
Mac Diarmada (anglicised as MacDermot or McDermott), also spelled Mac Diarmata, is an Irish surname, and the surname of the ruling dynasty of Moylurg, a kingdom that existed in Connacht from the 10th to 16th centuries. The last ruling king was T ...
) of
Moylurg
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Magh Luirg or Magh Luirg an Dagda, Anglicised as Moylurg, was the name of a medieval Irish kingdom located in modern-day County Roscommon, Ireland. It was a sub-kingdom of the kingdom of Connacht from c. 956–1585. ...
. This is either Aedh Mac Diarmata (reigned 1368–1393) or Aedh mac Diarmata, (1458–1465).
O'Reilly specifically states that he was a poet to the MacDermots.
See also
*
Nehemiah Donnellan (1560–1610),
Archbishop of Tuam
The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ga, Ard-Easpag Thuama) is an archbishop 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 Catholic Church.
Histor ...
.
*
Sir James Donnellan (
fl. 1607–1665.
*
Michael Donnellan (1900–1964), Clann na Talmhan politician.
References
* ''A Chronological Account of Nearly Four Hundred Irish Writers'',
Edward O'Reilly,
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
, 1820 (reprinted 1970).
* ''The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's Country, from the Book of Lecan with translation and notes and a map of Hy-Many'' (Dublin 1843; reprinted by Tower Books, Cork 1976; reprinted by Irish Genealogical Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, c. 1992).
External links
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
* http://www.ballyd.com/
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G105007/index.html
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People from County Galway
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Medieval Irish poets
14th-century Irish writers
15th-century Irish poets
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Irish male poets
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