Domnall Ó Cuindlis (died 1342) was an Irish

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

of the

Ó Cuindlis was the name of an Irish family of brehons and scholars from Uí Maine, located in present-day County Galway and County Roscommon, in Connacht. It means 'descendant of Cuindleas' (a given name of uncertain meaning). It was also spelt with and ...

family of

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s and scholars. Ó Cuindlis is described in the ''

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'' as "an eminent historian". In 1342, in unknown circumstances, he "was killed by the

Uí Díarmata Uí Díarmata was a local kingdom located in what is now north County Galway. Origins The ruling dynasty took its name from King Diarmait Finn of Connacht (died 833), and the territory in turn was named after them. It seems to have been created ...

". The latter was the

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name of the family of Ó Con Ceanainn (anglicised as

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), who ruled a district called Uí Díarmata in what is now north-east

County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = ...

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010A/index.html {{DEFAULTSORT:O Cuindlis, Domnall 14th-century Irish historians Murder victims from County Galway 1342 deaths Year of birth unknown Irish-language writers

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