Torna Ó Maolconaire was

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 ...

from 1447-

1468 Year 1468 ( MCDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December *June 30 – Catherine Cornaro is married by proxy to James II of Cyprus, beginning ...

. 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'' 1468, say of him: ''Torna O Mailchonaire, ollav of Sil Murray in History and Poetry, died after a victory of repentance in his own house at Lis Ferbain after St. Patrick's day; he was buried under the protection of Patrick and St. Francis at Elphin and Urard O Mailchonaire succeeded to the ollavship.''

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 to 1468 ... translated by ... Dudley mac Firbisse'', ed. John O'Donovan, in ''The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society'', vol. i, pp. 198–302, Dublin, 1846. 1468 deaths 15th-century Irish historians People from County Roscommon 15th-century Irish poets Year of birth unknown Irish male poets {{Ireland-writer-stub