Donnchad Clereach Ó Maol Braonáin, Irish

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and musician, died 1343. The

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, ''sub anno'' 1343, note the manner of Ó Maol Braonáin's death: ''Donnchadh Clerech O'Maelbhrenainn, a

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at Oilfinn ( Elphin), was killed with a shot of an arrow by the people of Hubert, son of David Donn Mac William (

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).'' His surname is generally now rendered as Brennan.

References

* ''Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland'',

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, pp. 744–813, in ''A New History of Ireland'', volume one, Oxford, 2005

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010A/index.html * http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= Medieval Gaels from Ireland Murder victims from County Roscommon 14th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Musicians from County Roscommon Irish-language singers {{RC-clergy-stub