Muiris mac Donnchadh Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe, aka Father Muiris Ulltach, Irish

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, fl. 1602-1630s. Father Muiris Ulltach had attended Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill (d. 1602) on his death-bed in

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Castle,

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, with Father Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach

Ó Duinnshléibhe Donlevy is a firstname and surname of Irish origin. Also spelt as MacDonlevy, Donleavy, Dunleavy, MacAleavey, and McAlevey, it derives from the Irish ''Mac Duinnshléibhe'', meaning "son of Donn of the mountain". ''Ó Duinnshléibhe'' is a varia ...

and

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Fláithrí Ó Maol Chonaire. The

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, in their account of the incident, describe him as ''a poor

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of the order of St. Francis, from the

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of the monastery of he town of Donegal, which was one of O'Donnell's fortresses.'' In the 1630s both he and Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe were attached to the

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convent at Bundrowes, and became acquainted with

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, who was then compiling the

. Father Muiris's recollections of events, including the death of Ó Domhnaill, were incorporated into the compilation.

References

* ''The Annals of the Four Masters: Irish history, kingship and society in the early seventeenth century,'' p. 39, 186–7, 246, Bernadette Cunningham, Four Courts Press, 2010. .

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005F/ {{DEFAULTSORT:O Duinnshleibhe, Muiris Mac Donnchadh Ulltach 17th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests People from County Donegal People of Elizabethan Ireland

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