Murchadh (or Muircheartach) Riabhach Ó Cuindlis () was an

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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

brehon Brehon ( ga, breitheamh, ) is a term for a historical arbitration, mediative and judicial role in Gaelic culture. Brehons were part of the system of Early Irish law, which was also simply called "Brehon law". Brehons were judges, close in impor ...

s and scholars. He was said to be a native of Bally Lough Deacker in what is now the extreme south of

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. Ó Cuindlis was one of the scribes of the ''

Book of Lecan The (Great) Book of Lecan (Irish: ''Leabhar (Mór) Leacáin'') ( RIA, MS 23 P 2) is a medieval Irish manuscript written between 1397 and 1418 in Castle Forbes, Lecan (Lackan, Leckan; Irish ''Leacán''), in the territory of Tír Fhíacrach, n ...

'' under the guidance of Giolla Íosa Mor mac Donnchadh MacFhirbhisigh; and later a scribe of ''

An Leabhar Breac An Leabhar Breac ("The Speckled Book"; Middle Irish: An Lebar Brec), now less commonly Leabhar Mór Dúna Doighre (The Great Book of Dun Doighre") or possibly erroneously, Leabhar Breac Mic Aodhagáin ("The Speckled Book of the MacEgans"), is a ...

'' at

Duniry Duniry is a small village between Tynagh and Abbey, in County Galway, Ireland. Nearby is the townland of Limehill, the south of which has a bog. Duniry's most noted landmark was Egan's castle, now derelict; it flourished from 1450 to 1600 an ...

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*''Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature'', Robert Welsh, 1996. {{DEFAULTSORT:O Cuindlis, Murchadh 15th-century Irish historians 14th-century births 15th-century deaths Irish chroniclers 14th-century Irish historians Irish scribes People from County Galway Medieval European scribes Irish-language writers

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