Mael Sechlainn Ó Domhnalláin (died 1375) was an
Irish poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...
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Ó Domhnalláin was a member of the
Ó Domhnalláin
Ó Domhnalláin is the surname of a Brehon family from Máenmaige in Uí Maine, now west County Galway.
Overview
They held the post of ''Cathmhaol'' or Battle Champion of Uí Maine, but by the early 14th century had become poets and brehons.
T ...
bard
In Celtic cultures, a bard is an oral repository and professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's a ...
ic family of
Ui Maine (now south-west
It is unknown if any examples of his work survive.
References
See also
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Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi
Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi was an Irish dynast (fl. c. 9th/10th century).
Biography
Domnallan was the son of Maelbrigdi, a member of the Ui Maine dynasty, located in south-east Connacht. His pedigree is given as ''Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi mic ...
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Nehemiah Donnellan
Nehemiah Donnellan (a.k.a. Fearganainm Ó Domhnalláin) (fl. c. 1560–1609) was Archbishop of Tuam.
Background
Donellan was born in the county of Galway, a son of Mael Sechlainn Ó Dónalláin, by his wife Sisly, daughter of William Ó Cell ...
,
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 ...
, died 1609.
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Ainglioch Ó Dónalláin
Ainglioch Ó Dónalláin, Irish poet, fl. mid-14th or mid-15th century.
Origins
Ó Dónalláin was a member of a minor family of bards based at Ballydonnellan, Loughrea, County Galway, in what was then the kingdom of Uí Maine. Their pedigree ...
, poet, fl. mid-14th or mid-15th century.
* Sir
James Donnellan
Sir James Donnellan (c. 1588 – 1665) was an Irish lawyer and politician, who became Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas in 1660. He was unusual among the Irish judges of the time in being of Gaelic descent, and more remarkable in that his ...
, fl. 1607–1665.
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Nehemiah Donnellan
Nehemiah Donnellan (a.k.a. Fearganainm Ó Domhnalláin) (fl. c. 1560–1609) was Archbishop of Tuam.
Background
Donellan was born in the county of Galway, a son of Mael Sechlainn Ó Dónalláin, by his wife Sisly, daughter of William Ó Cell ...
, lawyer.
* Captain
John Donnellan
John F. Donnellan (born 27 March 1937) is an Irish former politician and sportsman. He served as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for twenty-five years and as a Minister of State from 1982 to 1987. He played Gaelic football for his local club Du ...
, fl. 1777–1781.
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Michael Donnellan (1900–1964),
Clann na Talmhan
Clann na Talmhan (, "Family/Children of the land"; formally known as the ''National Agricultural Party'') was an Irish agrarian political party active between 1939 and 1965.
Formation and growth
Clann na Talmhan was founded on 29 June 1939 in ...
politician.
14th-century Irish writers
Writers from County Galway
1375 deaths
14th-century Irish poets
Year of birth unknown
Irish male poets
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