Donn Shléibhe Mac Cerbaill, Irish musician, died 1357. The

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''sub anno'' 1357 mention the death of ''Donn Shléibhe Mac Cerbaill, an accomplished musician.'' Mac Cerbaill or Mac Cearbhaill,

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as MacCarroll and MacCarvill, was the name of two unrelated

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, one located in south

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in the region of

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and

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; a second family of the name, noted for its musicians, was located in

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. It is a distinct surname from Ó Cearbhaill.

References

* "Music and Musicians in Medieval Irish Society",

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, pp. 165–190, ''Early Music'' xxviii, no. 2, May 2000 * "Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland", Ann Buckley, pp. 744–813, in ''A New History of Ireland'', volume one, Oxford, 2005.

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