Donnchadh mac Eoghan Ó Duinnshléibhe,
anglicised
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as Donough MacOwen O'Donlevy (died 30 September 1527) was an Irish
physician
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. He was the ''ollam leighis'' (official physician) of the
O'Donnell dynasty
The O'Donnell dynasty ( or ''Ó Domhnaill,'' ''Ó Doṁnaill'' ''or Ua Domaill;'' meaning "descendant of Dónal") were the dominant Irish clan of the kingdom of Tyrconnell in Ulster in the north of medieval and early modern Ireland.
Naming ...
from at least 1497 to 1527.
Background
Born in the fifteenth century to a father named Owen, Ó Duinnshléibhe became known for his wealth.
The
Ó Duinnshléibhe family were formerly the ruling dynasty of the over-kingdom of
Ulaid
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.
By the mid-fifteenth century, they were a
hereditary
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medical
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family of physicians to the
O'Donnells, based in
Tyrconnell
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. Some members of the family went by the surname Ultach, named after Ulaid.
In 1497, Con O'Donnell (son of
Chief
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Hugh Roe O'Donnell
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) was defeated in battle by Teige Mac Dermot of
Moylurg
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. As the O'Donnell's physician, Ó Duinnshléibhe was taken prisoner by Mac Dermot.
Death and legacy
The ''
Annals of the Four Masters
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'' contains Ó Duinnshléibhe's obituary:
* ''1527 - The physician O'Donlevy (Donough, son of Owen), a Doctor of Medicine, and learned in other sciences, a man of great affluence and wealth, who kept a house of general hospitality, died on the 30th of September.''
Ó Duinnshléibhe had a son,
Owen Ultach, who succeeded him as the O'Donnell's ''ollam leighis''.
See also
*
Irish medical families
Irish medical families were hereditary practitioners of professional medicine in Gaelic Ireland, between 1100 and 1700.
Overview
Professional medical practitioners in the Gaelic world of Ireland and Scotland was mainly the preserve of a small nu ...
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Owen Ultach, his son, Irish physician, died 1586
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Muiris mac Donnchadh Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe, Irish cleric, fl. 1602-1630s
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Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe, Irish cleric, fl. 1602-1630s.
*
Cormac Mac Duinnshléibhe
Cormac Mac Duinnshléibhe (anglicized as Cormac MacDonlevy) was an Irish physician and scribe, fl. c. 1460. He was an influential medieval Irish physician and medical scholar of the Arabian school educated at universities on the Continent. He i ...
, Irish physician and scribe, fl. c. 1460
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Niall Ó Glacáin, physician to the O'Donnells in the early seventeenth century
References
External links
* http://celt.ucc.ie/publishd.html
16th-century Irish medical doctors
Medical doctors from County Donegal
1527 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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