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Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh
Froinsias Ó Maolmhuaidh (anglicised as Francis Molloy; c. 1606–1677) was a Franciscan friar, theologian and Linguistics, grammarian, author of the first published grammar of the Irish language written in Latin. Biography Early life Ó Maolmhuaidh was born in the Diocese of Meath, most probably in the district of Firceall, Fercall, lordship of The Ó Maolmhuaidh, in what was then called County Offaly, King's County. While his exact place within the Ó Maolmhuaidh family is unknown, he recorded stories heard in his youth "of a great Christmas banquet for 960 people, lasting twelve days, held by Calvagh O'Molloy, Chief of the Name, chief of his name, at the end of the sixteenth century." He appears to have been an uncle to Reverend Seán Ó Dálaigh, a student at Irish College, Saint Isidore's College, Rome, who seemed to have been the man who acted as ''censor librorum'' for Ó Maolmhuaidh's ''Grammatica''. From Rome to Vienna and back again Ó Maolmhuaidh became a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ireland (, ; ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Irelanda sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdomcovering the remaining sixth). It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain.The 2022 population of the Republic of Ireland was 5,123,536 and that of Northern Ireland in 2021 was 1,903,100. These are Census data from the official governmental statistics agencies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
