Amlaid Ua Domhnalláin (died 1177),

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Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...

. Amlaid Ua Domhnalláin was a member of a

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ic family,

Ó Domhnalláin Ó Domhnalláin is the surname of a Brehon family from Máenmaige in Uí Maine, now west County Galway. Overview They held the post of ''Cathmhaol'' or Battle Champion of Uí Maine, but by the early 14th century had become poets and brehons. T ...

of Clan Breasil, Máenmaige in Ui Maine (now Ballydonnellan,

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). Other such members of his family would include

Flann Óc mac Séoan Ó Domhnalláin Flann Óc mac Séoan Ó Domhnalláin was ''Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh'' for an unknown time in 1404. The annals record an unusual number of bardic deaths in 1404. Donnchad Baccach Ó Maolconaire died, leaving the office of ga, Ollamh vacant. Hi ...

, Flann Óge Ó Domhnalláin,

Mael Sechlainn Ó Domhnalláin Mael Sechlainn Ó Domhnalláin (died 1375) was an Irish poet. Ó Domhnalláin was a member of the Ó Domhnalláin bardic family of Ui Maine (now south-west It is unknown if any examples of his work survive. References See also * Domn ...

, Pádhraic Ó Domhnalláin, Padraig Ó Domhnallain,

Ainglioch Ó Dónalláin Ainglioch Ó Dónalláin, Irish poet, fl. mid-14th or mid-15th century. Origins Ó Dónalláin was a member of a minor family of bards based at Ballydonnellan, Loughrea, County Galway, in what was then the kingdom of Uí Maine. Their pedigr ...

and Seosamh Ó Dónalláin. The

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Donnellan Donnellan is an Irish surname and refers to the clan name Ó Domhnalláin or O'Donnellan. At least two unrelated families of the name existed in Gaelic Ireland. One in south-east Ulster, another in south-east Connacht in the kingdom of Ui Mai ...

remains fairly common in Galway.

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/

References

* ''The Surnames of Ireland'',

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, 1978. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ua Domhnallain, Amlaid Writers from County Galway Medieval Irish poets 1177 deaths 12th-century Irish poets 12th-century Irish writers Year of birth unknown Irish male poets