Cathal Ó Matadain, Irish

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

, died 1343. Ó Matadain is described in the Annals of Lough Ce as ''a sage of

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

.'' In 1343, in unknown circumstances, he ''was killed by the Clann Ricairt'', or the Burke family of

Clanricarde Clanricarde ( ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Terr ...

in what is now

County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010A/index.html Medieval Gaels from Ireland Irish philosophers Murder victims from County Galway 14th-century Irish people 1343 deaths Year of birth unknown 14th-century philosophers Scholars and academics from County Galway {{Ireland-academic-bio-stub