Naisse mac Cithruadh, Irish musician, died 1561.
Biography
The
Annals of Loch Ce
Annals ( la, wikt:annales, annāles, from , "year") are a concise history, historical record in which events are arranged chronology, chronologically, year by year, although the term is also used loosely for any historical record.
Scope
The natur ...
, ''sub anno'' 1561, contain a reference to Naisse and his wife, and their deaths on
Lough Gill:
''Naisse, the son of Cithruadh, the most eminent musician that was in Erinn, was drowned on Loch-Gile, and his wife, the daughter of
Mac Donnchadha, and Athairne, the son of Matthew Glas; and the son of
O'Duibhgennain was a great loss.''
See also
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Daithí Ó Drónaí
Daithí Ó Drónaí (born 16 March 1990) is an Irish musician and producer, best known for producing electronic music inspired by Irish culture under the artist name "Daithi". He debuted in 2009 as a participant on All Ireland Talent Show. Sinc ...
, experimental musician, born 1991.
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Donnchadh Ó Hámsaigh Donnchadh () is a masculine given name common to the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages. It is composed of the elements ''donn'', meaning "brown" or "dark" from Donn a Gaelic God; and ''chadh'', meaning "chief" or "noble". The name is also written ...
, harper, 1695 – 5 or 11 November 1807.
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Donell Dubh Ó Cathail
Donell Dubh Ó Cathail aniel Duff O'Cahill(c.1580–c.1660) was an Irish musician, a performer on the Irish harp.
Family
Ó Cathail was the son of a Cormac Ó Cathail, and a nephew or close relative of the Donell Óge Ó Cathail, harper to E ...
, harper to
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
El ...
, c. 1560s-c.1660.
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Maol Ruanaidh Cam Ó Cearbhaill, murdered Saturday 10 June 1329.
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Tuotilo
Tuotilo (died 27 April 915) was a Frankish monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall. He was a composer, and according to Ekkehard IV a century later, also a poet, musician, painter and sculptor. Various trope melodies can be assigned to Tuotilo, but work ...
, monk and composer, c. 850 – c.915.
References
* ''Music and musicians in medieval Irish society'',
Ann Buckley
Ann Buckley is an Irish musicologist, born in Dublin.
Buckley studied at University College Cork (B.Mus., 1971; M.A. 1972), Doctoraal (University of Amsterdam, 1976) and a Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, 1991). She has held academic positions ...
, pp. 165–190, Early Music xxviii, no.2, May 2000
* ''Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland'',
Ann Buckley
Ann Buckley is an Irish musicologist, born in Dublin.
Buckley studied at University College Cork (B.Mus., 1971; M.A. 1972), Doctoraal (University of Amsterdam, 1976) and a Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, 1991). She has held academic positions ...
, pp. 744–813, in ''A New History of Ireland'', volume one, Oxford, 2005
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010B/index.html
16th-century Irish musicians
1561 deaths
Musicians from County Sligo
People from County Leitrim
Year of birth unknown
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