Thady Connellan ( ga, Tadhg Ó Coinnialláinn) (1780–1854) was an Irish school-teacher, poet and historian.

Life

He was born in

Skreen Skreen () is a small village and parish in County Sligo, Ireland. History St Adomnán, the first biographer of St Columba (Colmcille) and one of his successors at Iona, first served as abbot at Skreen Abbey, which allegedly acquired its name ...

County Sligo County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local ...

, and was a relative of the scholar

Owen Connellan Owen Connellan (1797 – 4 August 1871) was an Irish scholar who translated the Annals of the Four Masters into English in 1846. Life He was born in County Sligo, the son of a farmer who claimed descent from Lóegaire mac Néill, High King ...

. He started a school of his own, but had more success when he became principal of a school established by Albert Blest, a Baptist, in Greenville,

Coolaney Coolaney () is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Coolaney sits at the foot of the Ox Mountains with the river Owen Beg running through it around which is a walk. The remains of an old mill are located along the riverside walk, and the remains ...

, in the early 1800s. Like his relative Owen he left the Catholic church and embraced Protestantism. Among other works he produced an Irish-English dictionary and edited a series of song-books.Ó hAilín, T. (1968) "The Irish Society and Tadhg Ó Coinnialláin." Studia Hibernica, No 8., pp 60-78. He died at Sligo, on 25 July 1854.

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;Attribution 1780 births 1854 deaths Heads of schools in Ireland Irish schoolteachers Linguists from Ireland People from County Sligo 17th-century Irish historians {{Ireland-bio-stub