Sigraid Ó Maolconaire was the
Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh
Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh was a hereditary post, held almost exclusively by members of the Ó Maolconaire family, from at least the 13th century until the 17th century. The Síol Muireadaigh were a dynasty of regional clans, named after King Muireda ...
, died
1487
Year 1487 ( MCDLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 29 – Richard Foxe becomes Bishop of Exeter.
* March – Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, largely on the ...
.
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'' 1487, state:
* ''O Mailchonaire, that is Sigraid son of Sean Ruad, died.''
The later compilation known as the
Annals of the Four Masters
The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are chronicles of Middle Ages, medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Genesis flood narrative, Deluge, dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi, years after crea ...
provide more detail:
* ''Seery O'Mulconry, Ollav of Sil-Murray, head of the cheerfulness and jocularity of the men of Ireland, died; and two Kenfinès of the tribe were set up in his place, namely, Donnell and Mulconry, the son of Torna.''
Sources
*''The Encyclopaedia of Ireland'' 2003; .
* ''Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family'' Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996.
*''A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976 - A Companion to Irish History Part I'' edited by T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin and F. J. Byrne, 1982.
*''The Celebrated Antiquary'' Nollaig O Muralie, Maynooth, 1996.
*''Irish Leaders and Learning Through the Ages'' Fr. Paul Walsh, 2004. (ed. Nollaig O Muralie).
External links
List of Published Texts at CELT—
University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) () is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork (city), Cork.
The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Universit ...
's ''Corpus of Electronic Texts''
15th-century deaths
15th-century Irish historians
People from County Roscommon
15th-century Irish poets
Year of birth unknown
Irish male poets
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