Fláithrí Ó Corcrán, Irish singer and

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, d. 1496. Ó Corcrán bore a surname held by at least two unrelated clans; one was a

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family from

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, a second was situated in Munster. It is uncertain to which, if either, family Fláithrí belonged. The

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record his death, ''sub anno'' 1496: * ''Florence O'Corcoran, player on the harp and other stringed instruments, and a distinguished vocalist died.''

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005D/ * http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= {{DEFAULTSORT:OCorcran, Flaithri Irish male singers Irish harpists 15th-century Irish musicians Irish-language singers

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