Diarmaid Ó Cúlacháin,

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and

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, died 1221. Ó Cúlacháin was a native of what is now

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. His precise location within the county is uncertain, though he is associated with two successive coarbs or

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s of

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, and

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. The

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give him the following

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: ''Diarmaid O'Culechain, a professor of history and writing, died in this year, i.e. a man who had more writings and knowledge than any one that came in his own time; and it was he that wrote the Mass book of Cnoc, and another Mass book the equal of it for Diarmaid Mac Oirechtaigh, his tutor, and for Gillapatraic, his foster-

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— the comarbs of Achadh-Fabhair in succession.'' The

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Ó Cúlacháin is now mainly rendered as Coolahan or Coolaghan. It is distinct from Mac Uallacháin, an unrelated

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family (now Colahan or Holland).

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010A/index.html * http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= {{DEFAULTSORT:O O Culachain, Diarmaid 13th-century Irish historians Medieval European scribes Irish scribes Medieval Gaels from Ireland People from County Mayo Irish-language writers