Murchadh Ó Cuindlis Explained

Irish, Middle (900-1200);: italic=unset|Murchadh Riabhach Ó Cuindlis was an Irish scribe of the Ó Cuindlis family of brehons and scholars. Other renderings of his name have Irish, Middle (900-1200);: italic=unset|Muircheartach[1] or Irish, Middle (900-1200);: italic=unset|Murchad,[2] and sometimes Irish, Middle (900-1200);: italic=unset|Ó Cuinnlis.[3] [4]

He was said to be a native of Bally Lough Deacker (today called Ballaghdacker, in Irish Irish: Baile Locha Deacair, in the parish of Athleague, which straddles north Galway and south Roscommon).[5] Irish, Middle (900-1200);: italic=unset|Ó Cuindlis was one of the scribes of the Irish, Middle (900-1200);: [[Leabhar Mór Leacáin]] ('Great Book of Lecan'), 1397–1418, under the guidance of Giolla Íosa Mor mac Donnchadh MacFhirbhisigh. He was later the scribe of An Leabhar Breac ('The Speckled Book') at Duniry, 1408–1411; it is the largest Irish-language vellum manuscript attributed to a single scribe. He is also credited with a third work, c. 1400, known as Irish, Middle (900-1200);: An Leabhar Ruadh Muimhneach ('The Red Book of Munster') or Irish, Middle (900-1200);: An Leabhar Ruadh ('The Red Book'), a genealogical work from which material was copied in 1621 by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh at Quin Friary, possibly examined in the 1630s by Antonius Bruodinus at the library of Moynoe, and last seen (by Ó Cléirigh again) on 30 June 1634 at a convent in Thomond (County Limerick).[6] It is not to be confused with the much later Irish, Middle (900-1200);: [[An Leabhar Muimhneach]] ('The Book of Munster') or various other manuscripts called Red Book.

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  1. Web site: The Scholar's Primer . George . Calder . Beatrix . Färber . . University College, Cork . 31 December 2021.
  2. Walsh . Paul . An Leabhar Muimhneach . Irish Historical Studies . III . 10 . September 1942 . Cambridge University Press . 135 . subscription . 8 October 2023. The relevant material is available in the free preview at the URL.
  3. McInerney . Luke . Lettermoylan of Clann Bhruaideadha: A résumé of their landholding, topography & history . North Munster Antiquarian Journal . 52 . 2012 . 99 . 8 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Stanford . W. B. . Annual Report of the Institute and its Constituent Schools presented by the Council to the Minister for Education in respect of the Financial Year 1970–71 . 13 March 1972 . DIAS.ie . . 11 . 8 October 2023.
  5. Web site: The Leabhar Breac – Reproduced in 1876: Shining a Light on the Original Ancient Manuscript . Frances . Holohan . Abbey and District Heritage . Galway County Council Heritage Office / National Museum of Ireland . 9 October 2023. Citing: Book: Ó Conaill, Mícheál . 1932 . Cineál Fhéichín agus Síol Anmcha . And: Tomás . Ó Con Cheanainn . Tomás Ó Con Cheanainn . The scribe of the Leabhar Breac . . Dublin . . 24 . 1973 . 0332-0758 . 64–79. Also quotes at some length from an unspecified publication of Nollaig Ó Muraíle.
  6. Book: Stokes, Whitley . Whitley Stokes (Celtic scholar) . Félire Húi Gormáin: The Martyrology of Gorman, from a manuscript in the Royal Library, Brussels, with a preface, translation, notes and indices . 1895 . London . Harrison & Sons . x.

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