DúinnÃn Ó Maolconaire was a member of the
Ó Maolconaire family of
Connacht, who served as historians and poets to the SÃl Muireadaigh, and their rulers, the
Ó Conchubhair
The O'Conor family (Middle Irish: ''Ó Conchubhair''; Modern ga, Ó Conchúir) are an Irish noble house and were one of the most influential and distinguished royal houses in Ireland. The O'Conor family held the throne of the Kingdom of Co ...
Kings of Connacht. He is the first of the family listed as the
Ollamh SÃol Muireadaigh
Ollamh SÃol Muireadaigh was a hereditary post, held almost exclusively by members of the Ó Maolconaire family, from at latest the 13th century until the 17th century. The SÃol Muireadaigh were a dynasty of regional clans, named after King Muired ...
, his genealogy listing him as the son of Nede son of Conaing Buide Ó Maolconaire. He died in 1231.
Sources
*''The Encyclopaedia of Ireland'' 2003; .
* ''Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family'' Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996.
*''A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976 - A Companion to Irish History Part I'' edited by T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin and F.J. Byrne, 1982.
*''The Celebrated Antiquary'' Nollaig O Muralie, Maynooth, 1996.
*''Irish Leaders and Learning Through the Ages'' Fr. Paul Walsh, 2004. (ed. Nollaig O Muralie).
External links
List of Published Texts at CELT—
University College Cork's ''Corpus of Electronic Texts''
13th-century births
1231 deaths
13th-century Irish historians
Writers from County Roscommon
13th-century Irish poets
Irish male poets
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