Gilla na Naem Ó Conmaigh, Irish musician, died 1360. The

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, ''sub anno'' 1360, record the death of ''Gilla-na-naev O'Conmhaigh, Chief Professor of Music in Thomond.'' This indicates that Ó Conmaigh was considered the pre-eminent musician and/or musical

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Thomond Thomond (Classical Irish: ; Modern Irish: ), also known as the kingdom of Limerick, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Clare and County Limerick, as well as parts of County Tipperary around Nenag ...

at the time of his death. The surname is now generally rendered as Conway.

References

* ''Music and musicians in medieval Irish society'',

Ann Buckley Ann Buckley is an Irish musicologist, born in Dublin. Buckley studied at University College Cork (B.Mus., 1971; M.A. 1972), Doctoraal (University of Amsterdam, 1976) and a Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, 1991). She has held academic positions ...

, pp. 165–190, ''Early Music'' xxviii, no.2, May 2000 * ''Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland'', Ann Buckley, pp. 744–813, in ''A New History of Ireland'', volume one, Oxford, 2005.

External links

*http://celt.ucc.ie/publishd.html *http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= Medieval Gaels from Ireland 14th-century Irish musicians Musicians from County Clare 1360 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-musician-stub