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Faolán Mac an Ghabhann na Scéal, died 1423, was an Irish writer and genealogist. He was one of the ten scribes of
Leabhar Ua Maine Leabhar Ua Maine (also Leabhar Uí Dubhagáin, Book of Uí Maine, Book of Hy-Many and RIA MS D ii 1) is an Irish genealogical compilation, created c. 1392–94. History Previously known as ''Leabhar Uí Dubhagáin'', after Seán Mór Ó Du ...
, commissioned by
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 ...
, Muircertach Ó Ceallaigh (died 1407). His poem, ''Adham ar n-athair uile'' is penned in the text by
Ádhamh Cúisín Ádhamh Cúisín, Irish scribe and genealogist, fl. c. 1400. Life and career Ádhamh Cúisín is the name of one of some ten scribes who compiled the ''Book of Uí Mháine''. His name seems to be of Norman origin, the Annals of the Four Masters ...
. Nothing else seems to be known of him.


See also

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An Leabhar Muimhneach ''An Leabhar Muimhneach'', also known as ''The Book of Munster'', is an Irish genealogical manuscript. ''An Leabhar Muimhneach'' is preserved in a number of 18th century manuscripts, the most complete being the work of the scribe Richard Tippe ...
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Irish genealogy Irish genealogy is the study of individuals and families who originated on the island of Ireland. Origins Genealogy was cultivated since at least the start of the early Irish historic era. Upon inauguration, Bards and poets are believed to ha ...
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Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianáin ''Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianáin'' or ''The Book of Adhamh Ó Cianáin'', now G 2-3 NLI (National Library of Ireland), is a book written in or about the 1340s by Adhamh Ó Cianáin by and for himself, and out of the book of his teacher, Seán Mór Ó D ...
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Leabhar Cloinne Maoil Ruanaidh Leabhar Cloinne Maoil Ruanaidh, or the Book of Mac Dermot, is the title given by Nollaig Ó Muraíle to "a collection of genealogies sometimes referred to as 'The Book of Mac Dermot' ..." which now forms the fourth and most significant part - 'd' - ...
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Leabhar na nGenealach ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' ("Book of Genealogies") is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh. He continued to add m ...
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Ó Cléirigh Book of Genealogies The O'Clery Book of Genealogies, also known as Royal Irish Academy Ms. 23 D 17, was written by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, one of the Four Masters, who was transported in the 1650s to Ballyacroy, County Mayo, "under the guidance of Rory O'Donne ...
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Rawlinson B 502 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 502 is a medieval Irish manuscript which currently resides in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It ranks as one of the three major surviving Irish manuscripts to have been produced in pre-Norman Ireland, the t ...


References

* ''The Book of Uí Maine'', with introduction and indexes by R.A.S. Macalister, collotype facsimile Dublin, 1941 * ''The Book of Uí Mhaine'', R.A. Breatnach, in ''Great books of Ireland'', Thomas Davis Lectures, Dublin, 1967 * ''The Ó Cellaigh Rulers of Uí Maine - A Genealogical Fragment, c.1400'', (Part 1),
Nollaig Ó Muraíle Nollaig Ó Muraíle is an Irish scholar. He published an edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh's ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' in 2004. He was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in 2009. Life and career A native of Knock, County Mayo, Ó Muraíle ...
, Journal of the
Galway Archaeological and Historical Society The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on 21 March 1900. It promotes historical preservation, as well as the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. As of January 2002, the Society had published 53 cons ...
, pp. 32–77, volume 60, 2008 * ''Compilations of lore and legend: Leabhar na hUidhre and the Books of Uí Mhaine, Ballymote, Lecan and Fermoy'', John Carey, in Bernadette Cunningham and Siobhán Fitzpatrick (eds), ''Treasures …'' Dublin, 2009, pp. 17–31.


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