Murchadh (or Muircheartach
) Riabhach Ó Cuindlis () was an
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
scribe of the
Ó Cuindlis family of
brehon
Brehon ( ga, breitheamh, ) is a term for a historical arbitration, mediative and judicial role in Gaelic culture. Brehons were part of the system of Early Irish law, which was also simply called " Brehon law". Brehons were judges, close in impo ...
s and scholars.
He was said to be a native of Bally Lough Deacker in what is now the extreme south of
County Galway. Ó Cuindlis was one of the scribes of the ''
Book of Lecan
The (Great) Book of Lecan (Irish: ''Leabhar (Mór) Leacáin'') (RIA, MS 23 P 2) is a medieval Irish manuscript written between 1397 and 1418 in Castle Forbes, Lecan (Lackan, Leckan; Irish ''Leacán''), in the territory of Tír Fhíacrach, n ...
'' under the guidance of
Giolla Íosa Mor mac Donnchadh MacFhirbhisigh;
and later a scribe of ''
An Leabhar Breac'' at
Duniry
Duniry is a small village between Tynagh and Abbey, in County Galway, Ireland. Nearby is the townland of Limehill, the south of which has a bog.
Duniry's most noted landmark was Egan's castle, now derelict; it flourished from 1450 to 1600 and ...
.
See also
*
Domnall Ó Cuindlis (d. 1342), Irish historian
References
*''Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature'', Robert Welsh, 1996.
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15th-century Irish historians
14th-century births
15th-century deaths
Irish chroniclers
14th-century Irish historians
Irish scribes
People from County Galway
Medieval European scribes
Irish-language writers