Seon Mac Solaidh, aka Sean or John Mac Solly,
Irish poet
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and
scribe
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, fl. 1720s.
Biography
A native of Harmanstown, parish of Stackallen,
County Meath
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Paul Walsh
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described him as follows: "He cultivated Irish literature, not, however, as an original author. He is known as a diligent copier of MSS., and as a friend of
Tadhg O Neachtain, the lexico-grapher ... The two men were joint scribes of a MS. which
Edward O Reilly was in possession of in 1830." In a poem of c. 1726, Ó Neachtain refers to Mac Solaidh as follows:
Mac Solaidh was the scribe of the first part of ''Stair Eamonn Ui Clerigh'' (the story of Eamonn Ó Clerigh), composed by Ó Neachtain. He was the scribe of copies of
Geoffrey Keating
Geoffrey Keating (; – ) was an Irish historian. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and is buried in Tubrid Graveyard in the parish of Ballylooby-Duhill. He became a Catholic priest and a poet.
Biography
It was generally believed unt ...
's ''Foras Feasa ar Éirinn'', the ''Spiritual Mirror on the Beginning and End of Human Life'' (compiled by
Thomas Mac Gabhrain), "and that his signature is found in the printed copy of
Mac Aingil's ''Mirror of the Sacrament of Penance'' in the Library of
Maynooth
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... Though his handwriting is not elegant he copied accurately enough, considering the opportunities he had, and the times in which he lived."
A letter of 1718
See also
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Richard Tipper
Richard Tipper or Tupper (; died 1730) was an Irish scribe. He lived at Mitchelstown in the parish of Castleknock, County Dublin. According to the historian Paul Walsh, he left a considerable body of manuscripts, a number of which are "divided be ...
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Seamus Ó Fearghail
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Proinsias Ó Doibhlin
Proinsias Ó Doibhlin, O.F.M. (1660–1724) was an Irish Franciscan friar, poet and scribe, who died c. 1724.
Biography
Possibly from Muinterevlin (now Ardboe), Ó Doibhlin was a prominent member of the Franciscan community at the Irish Colleg ...
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Gearóid Mac Con Mhíde
External links
Gleaning from Irish manuscripts National Library of Scotland
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Irish scribes
18th-century Irish-language poets
Writers from County Meath
Scholars and academics from County Meath