Gilla na Naem Ó Conmaigh, Irish musician, died 1360.
The
Annals of the Four Masters
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, ''sub anno'' 1360, record the death of ''Gilla-na-naev O'Conmhaigh, Chief Professor of Music in Thomond.''
This indicates that Ó Conmaigh was considered the pre-eminent musician and/or musical
tutor
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A tutor, formally also called an academic tutor, is a person who provides assis ...
in
Thomond
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at the time of his death.
The surname is now generally rendered as
Conway
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References
* ''Music and musicians in medieval Irish society'',
Ann Buckley
Ann Buckley is an Irish musicologist, born in Dublin.
Buckley studied at University College Cork (B.Mus., 1971; M.A. 1972), Doctoraal (University of Amsterdam, 1976) and a Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, 1991). She has held academic position ...
, pp. 165–190, ''Early Music'' xxviii, no.2, May 2000
* ''Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland'', Ann Buckley, pp. 744–813, in ''A New History of Ireland'', volume one, Oxford, 2005.
External links
*http://celt.ucc.ie/publishd.html
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Medieval Gaels from Ireland
14th-century Irish musicians
Musicians from County Clare
1360 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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