Muiris Ó Begléighinn (died 1528) was an Irish

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. The

Annals of Connacht The ''Annals of Connacht'' (), covering the years 1224 to 1544, are drawn from a manuscript compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries by at least three scribes, all believed to be members of the Clan Ó Duibhgeannáin. The early sections, commenc ...

, ''sub anno'' 1528, record his obit. ''Muiris son of Donnchad O Begleighinn, an eminent physician, died, with

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and

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.'' The

Annals of Loch Cé The ''Annals of Loch Cé'' (also ''Annals of Lough Cé'') cover events, mainly in Connacht and its neighbouring regions, from 1014 to 1590. It takes its name from Lough Cé in the kingdom of Moylurg - now north County Roscommon - which was th ...

for the same year records ''Muiris, son of Donnchadh Ó Beigléighinn, an adept in medicine, who died this year.'' The

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is now generally rendered as Beglan or Beglin.

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* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100011/index.html 16th-century Irish medical doctors Medical doctors from County Longford 1528 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-bio-stub

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