Aodh Mac Dónaill (Anglicized: Hugh McDonnell) was a scribe from
County Meath
County Meath ( ; or simply , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is bordered by County Dublin to the southeast, County ...
. Among the works he transcribed was ''Seachrán Chairn tSiadhail'' by
Tarlach Rua Mac Dónaill. It is now contained in a manuscript house in the Public Library,
Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel ...
.
References
* Diarmaid Ó Doibhlin (2000) ''Tyrone's Gaelic Literary Legacy'', in ''Tyrone:History and Society'', p. 421.
Irish scribes
People from County Meath
18th-century Irish writers
Irish-language writers
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