Mailin mac Tanaide Ó Maolconaire,

Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh was a hereditary post, held almost exclusively by members of the Ó Maolconaire family, from at latest the 13th century until the 17th century. The Síol Muireadaigh were a dynasty of regional clans, named after King Muired ...

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Annals of Connacht The ''Annals of Connacht'' (), covering the years 1224 to 1544, are drawn from a manuscript compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries by at least three scribes, all believed to be members of the Clan Ó Duibhgeannáin. The early sections, commenci ...

, ''sub anno'' 1441, say of him:

Mailin son of Tanaide O Mailchonaire, ollav of the Sil Murray, principal author of the learning of Ireland and Scotland and head of his family for thirty-seven years, went the way of all flesh at the age of eighty or more, and may his soul find forgiveness for ever and ever. Amen. He was buried with (?) the saints of the town on the fifteenth of February by the day of the month, Wednesday by the day of the week.

In an apparently unusual move, he was succeeded by his wife, Sadhbh Béan Ó Mailchonaire.

Sources

* ''Annals of Connacht'', A. Martin Freeman, Dublin, 1946. * ''Annals of Ireland from the year 1443 to 1468 ... translated by ... Dudley mac Firbisse'', ed. John O'Donovan, in ''The

Miscellany A miscellany is a collection of various pieces of writing by different authors. Meaning a mixture, medley, or assortment, a miscellany can include pieces on many subjects and in a variety of different forms. In contrast to anthologies, whose a ...

of the Irish Archaeological Society'', vol. i, pp. 198–302, Dublin, 1846.

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100011/index.html 1441 deaths 15th-century Irish historians 14th-century Irish historians 14th-century Irish poets People from County Roscommon 15th-century Irish poets Year of birth unknown Irish male poets {{Ireland-writer-stub