Sadhbh Uí Mhailchonaire, Ban

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 ...

, 1441-

1447 Year 1447 (Roman numerals, MCDXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 6 – Pope Nicholas V succeeds Pope Eugene IV, to become the 2 ...

was an Irish poet. The

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'' 1447, record her death as follows:''Sadb daughter of Uilliam Mac Branain, wife of Mailin O Mailchonaire, died after a victory over the world and the Devil.'' However, a more fulsome account appears in

Mac Fhirbhisigh MacFirbis ( ga, Mac Fhirbhisigh), also known as Forbes, was the surname of a family of Irish hereditary historians based for much of their known history at Lecan, Tireragh (now ''Lackan'', Kilglass parish, County Sligo). They claimed descent fro ...

's annals, where she is called ''Banollamh of Silmiredhy fitz ffeargus and a nurse to all guests and strangers and of all the learned men in Ireland.'' Her husband, the poet and historian

Mailin mac Tanaide Ó Maolconaire Mailin mac Tanaide Ó Maolconaire, Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh, c.1360–1441. The Annals of Connacht, ''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 Sc ...

died in 1441, after which Sadhbh apparently replaced him as poet, hence the term ''banollamh'' (woman-poet).

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100011/index.html

Sources

* ''Annals of Connacht'', A. Martin Freeman, Dublin, 1946. * ''Annals of Ireland from the year 1443 ... translated by ... Dudley mac Firbisse'', ed. John O'Donovan, in ''The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society'', vol. i, pp. 198–302, Dublin, 1846. 14th-century births 1447 deaths 15th-century Irish historians Irish women poets People from County Roscommon 15th-century Irish poets Medieval Irish nobility 14th-century Irish women 15th-century Irish women Irish-language writers Irish women historians {{Ireland-writer-stub