Giolla Ernain Ó Martain, Irish

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and

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, died 1218.

Overview

The most detailed reference to Ó Martain occurs in the

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, which gives his

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under the year 1218: ''"Gill Aernáin .H. Martain, ollamh Erenn, & sói il-dánachta, iar cinnedh a bhetha ag na manchaibh, in pace quieuit."''/''"Gilla-Ernain O'Martain, chief poet of Erinn, and professor of many arts, after spending his life with the monks, in pace quievit."'' The

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, ''sub anno'' 1217, state ''"Gilla Arnain h-Ua Martain, ollum Erenn i m-breitheamhnacht, mortuus est"''/''"Gilla-Arnain Ua Martain, ollam of Ireland in

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, died."'' A family of the name were of the

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people, and natives of the kingdom of Ui Maine.

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010A/index.html {{DEFAULTSORT:O Martain, Giolla Ernain Writers from County Roscommon People from County Galway 12th-century Irish writers 13th-century Irish writers 13th-century Irish poets Irish male poets Irish-language writers 1218 deaths