Pádhraic Ó Comáin (
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1878) was an
Irish scribe
A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.
The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its promi ...
.
Ó Comáin was from Pairce O Cuaman, Creig Mhóir, Leacach (
Lackagh
The parish of Lackagh or Lacagh is located in County Galway, Ireland, approximately halfway between Galway city and Tuam (east of a line between these two towns). It is bounded by the parishes of Athenry, Abbeyknockmoy, Corofin, Annaghdown an ...
,
County Galway
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). His scribal work consists of folk songs, poetry,
Fianna stories, and poems by
Antoine Ó Raifteiri
Antoine Ó Raifteirí (also Antoine Ó Reachtabhra, ''Anthony Raftery'') (30 March 1779 – 25 December 1835) was an Irish language poet who is often called the last of the wandering bards.
Biography
Antoine Ó Raifteirí was born in Killedan, n ...
and the brothers Marcus and
Peatsaí Ó Callanáin
Peatsaí Ó Callanáin (c. 1791-1865) was an Irish poet.
Younger brother of Marcas Ó Callanáin, Peatsaí is said to have been the better known of the two. He attended a local school in Craughwell, and later attended one or both the schools o ...
. Some of his work was in turn written in a song-book of
Micheál Ó Síoda
Micheál Ó Síoda () was an Irish scribe and folklorist.
Ó Síoda was a native of Carnmore, and knowledgeable about the history of the parish of Lackagh-Turloughmore in County Galway. He was an especial authority on the Fair of Turloughmore, ...
in 1909.
His son was Mícheál Ó Comáin of
Turloughmore
Turloughmore ( ; ) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. The name means "the large lake," a notable feature of the area, together with the Clare River (''Abhainn an Chláir''). Turloughmore lies on the N63 national secondary road
A nationa ...
.
See also
*
Daibhidh Ó Duibhgheannáin
Dáibhídh Ó Duibhgeannáin ( fl. 1651–1696), also known as Dáibhídh mac Matthew Glas Ó Duibhgeannáin or Dáibhídh Bacach ("lame David"), was a scribe, compiler and poet who was active between the years 1651 and 1696. In the earliest ...
*
Mary Bonaventure Browne
Mother Mary Bonaventure Browne (born after 1610, died after 1670) was a Poor Clare nun, abbess, and Irish historian.
Background
A daughter of Andrew Browne fitz Oliver, a wealthy merchant and a member of The Tribes of Galway. She was a niece of ...
*
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
*
Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh
Roderick O'Flaherty ( ga, Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh; 1629–1718 or 1716) was an Irish historian.
Biography
He was born in County Galway and inherited Moycullen Castle and estate.
O'Flaherty was the last ''de jure'' Lord of Iar Connacht, a ...
*
Seán Ó Catháin
Seán Ó Catháin ( fl. 1726) was an Irish scribe.
Little is known of Ó Catháin. He transcribed '' Trí Biorghaoithe an Bháis'' – by Seathrún Céitinn – and '' Beatha Chaitríona'', "air forálamh an óig úasail róonoraigh f ...
*
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
References
* ''Scríobhaithe Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge I nGaillimh 1700-1900'', William Mahon, in "Galway:History and Society", 1996
Irish scribes
Writers from County Galway
19th-century Irish writers
Irish-language writers
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