Ollamh Clanricarde was a hereditary post, held almost exclusively by members of the
McEgan family.
An
ollamh was the highest rank in the learned orders of law, poetry, or history. These educated professionals, today grouped together in the popular consciousness as "
bard
In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise t ...
s", maintained an
oral tradition
Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. Vansina, Jan: ''Oral Tradition as History'' (1985 ...
that pre-dated
Christianization of Ireland.
Clanricarde
Clanricarde (; ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
Ter ...
was a territory located in south
Connacht
Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...
.
* 1438: Conchobar Mac Aedacain, ollav of Macwilliam of Clanrickard, died.
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See also
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Ollamh Érenn
* Ollamh Tuisceairt
* Ollamh Airgialla
* Ollamh Ulaidh
* Ollamh Laigin
* Ollamh Osraighe
* Ollamh Desmumu
* Ollamh Thomond
* Ollamh Mumu
* Ollamh Ormond
* Cllamh Ui Maine
* Ollamh Connachta
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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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Ollamh Ui Fiachrach
Sources
*''The Encyclopaedia of Ireland'' 2003; .
* ''Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family'' Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996.
*''A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976 - A Companion to Irish History Part I'' edited by T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin and F.J. Byrne, 1982.
*''The Celebrated Antiquary'' Nollaig O Muralie, Maynooth, 1996.
*''Irish Leaders and Learning Through the Ages'' Fr. Paul Walsh, 2004. (ed. Nollaig O Muralie).
External links
List of Published Texts at CELT—
University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork.
The university was founded in 1845 as one of ...
's ''Corpus of Electronic Texts''
Irish chroniclers
Medieval Irish poets
Medieval Irish historians
Irish male poets
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