William Daniel ( ga, Uilliam Ó Domhnaill, or Ó Domhnuill)
D.D.
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was an
Irish
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clergyman who served as the
Church of Ireland
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Archbishop of Tuam
The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ga, Ard-Easpag Thuama) is an archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Catholic Church.
Histor ...
from 1609 until his death in 1628.
Born in
Kilkenny
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Kilken ...
, he was one of the first appointed
Scholars
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of
Trinity College Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
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, and afterwards one of the college's first elected
Fellow
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s. While at Trinity College, he took up the work of translating ''The
New Testament
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(Tiomna Nuadh)'' into
Irish
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** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
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. This work was commenced by
Nicholas Walsh (
Bishop of Ossory
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), John Kearney (Treasurer of
St Patrick's, Dublin), and
Nehemiah Donnellan
Nehemiah Donnellan (a.k.a. Fearganainm Ó Domhnalláin) (fl. c. 1560-1609) was Archbishop of Tuam.
Background
Donellan was born in the county of Galway, a son of Mael Sechlainn Ó Dónalláin, by his wife Sisly, daughter of William Ó Cellaigh o ...
(Archbishop of Tuam), and was printed in 1602. William Daniel also translated an Irish version of the
Book of Common Prayer
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, which was published in 1608.
The Irish translation of Archbishop Daniell, and its successors
''The Book of Common Prayer among the Nations of the World''. Retrieved on 2 April 2010.
He was appointed Prebendary
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of Stagonil in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
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in 1591, and Treasurer
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of the cathedral in 1609. He was nominated Archbishop of Tuam
The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ga, Ard-Easpag Thuama) is an archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Catholic Church.
Histor ...
on 28 June and consecrated in August 1609. After he became archbishop, he continued to hold the treasurership ''in commendam
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''. The Archbishop died at Tuam
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on 11 July 1628, and was buried in the same tomb with his predecessor Nehemiah Donnellan
Nehemiah Donnellan (a.k.a. Fearganainm Ó Domhnalláin) (fl. c. 1560-1609) was Archbishop of Tuam.
Background
Donellan was born in the county of Galway, a son of Mael Sechlainn Ó Dónalláin, by his wife Sisly, daughter of William Ó Cellaigh o ...
in St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam
St Mary's Cathedral ( ga, Ard-Eaglais Mhuire) is a cathedral church of the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe in the Church of Ireland. It is located in Tuam, County Galway, in Ireland. From the 12th century until 1839, both before and af ...
.
See also
*Bible translations by language
The United Bible Societies reported that the Bible, in whole or part, has been translated in more than 3,324 languages (including an increasing number of sign languages), including complete Old or New Testaments in 2,189 languages, and the com ...
Further reading
* Ó hAodha, Ruairí. '"I followed it to the Presse with ielousy" Dr. Daniel of Tuam and the emergence of Gaelic print culture, c. 1570-1628' ''Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'' vol. 65 (2013): pp. 7–27
* Williams, Nicholas. ''I bprionta i leabhar: na Protastúin agus prós na Gaeilge'' (Baile Átha Cliath, 1986)
References
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