Ainglioch Ó Dónalláin,
Irish poet
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, fl. mid-14th or mid-15th century.
Origins
Ó Dónalláin was a member of a minor family of
bard
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s based at Ballydonnellan,
Loughrea
Loughrea ( ; ), is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains and Lough Rea, the lake from which it takes its name. The town's cathedral, St Brendan's, dominates the urban sk ...
,
County Galway
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, in what was then the kingdom of
Uí Maine
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. Their
pedigree
Breeding
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** Pedigree (animal), a breed registry
*** ...
is given in Leabhar Uí Maine:
gave their descent as
''Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi
Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi was an Irish dynast (fl. c. 9th/10th century).
Biography
Domnallan was the son of Maelbrigdi, a member of the Ui Maine dynasty, located in south-east Connacht. His pedigree is given as ''Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi mic ...
, mic Grenain, mic Loingsich, mic Domnallain, mic Bresail, mic Dluthaig, mic Fithchellaig, mic Dicholla, mic Eogain Find.''
Domnallain mac Maelbrigdi was alive about the reign of king Muirgus mac Domnaill (973-986.
An alternative term for them and their associated families was Clan Breasail, indicating their joint descent from Breasail mac Dluthaig.
The original castle of was said to have been built in 936, and was rebuilt after a fire in 1412.
Cuige Connacht
Ó Dónalláin is known from a single extant poem of 192 verses, ''Cuige Connacht'', in praise of Aedh Mac Diarmata (
MacDermot) of
Moylurg
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Magh Luirg or Magh Luirg an Dagda, anglicised as Moylurg, was the name of a medieval Irish kingdom located in modern-day County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It was a sub-kingdom of the kingdom of Connach ...
. This is either Aedh Mac Diarmata (reigned 1368–1393) or Aedh mac Diarmata, (1458–1465).
O'Reilly specifically states that he was a poet to the MacDermots.
See also
*
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 Cell ...
(1560–1610),
Archbishop of Tuam
The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ) is an Episcopal polity, archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Cathol ...
.
*
Sir James Donnellan (
fl.
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1607–1665.
*
Michael Donnellan (1900–1964), Clann na Talmhan politician.
References
* ''A Chronological Account of Nearly Four Hundred Irish Writers'',
Edward O'Reilly,
Dublin
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, 1820 (reprinted 1970).
* ''The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's Country, from the Book of Lecan with translation and notes and a map of Hy-Many'' (Dublin 1843; reprinted by Tower Books, Cork 1976; reprinted by Irish Genealogical Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, c. 1992).
External links
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G105007/index.html
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People from Loughrea
Writers from County Roscommon
14th-century Irish writers
15th-century Irish poets
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
Irish male poets
Irish-language writers