Murchadh Ó Cuindlis

Murchadh Riabhach Ó Cuindlis (fl. 1398–1411) was an Irish scribe of the Ó Cuindlis family of brehons and scholars. Other renderings of his name have Muircheartach[1] or Murchad,[2] and sometimes Ó Cuinnlis.[3][4]

He was said to be a native of Bally Lough Deacker (today called Ballaghdacker, in Irish Baile Locha Deacair, in the parish of Athleague, which straddles north Galway and south Roscommon).[5] Ó Cuindlis was one of the scribes of the Leabhar Mór Leacáin ('Great Book of Lecan'), c. 1397–1418, under the guidance of Giolla Íosa Mor mac Donnchadh MacFhirbhisigh.[1] He was later the scribe of An Leabhar Breac ('The Speckled Book') at Duniry, 1408–1411; it is the largest Irish-language vellum manuscript attributed to a single scribe.[5] He is also credited with a third work, c. 1400, known as An Leabhar Ruadh Muimhneach ('The Red Book of Munster') or An Leabhar Ruadh ('The Red Book'), a genealogical work from which material was copied in 1621 by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh at Quin Friary, possibly examined in the 1630s by Antonius Bruodinus at the library of Moynoe,[3][2] and last seen (by Ó Cléirigh again) on 30 June 1634 at a convent in Thomond (County Limerick).[6] It is not to be confused with the much later An Leabhar Muimhneach ('The Book of Munster') or various other manuscripts called Red Book.

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References

  1. ^ a b Calder, George. Färber, Beatrix (ed.). "The Scholar's Primer". CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. University College, Cork. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Walsh, Paul (September 1942). "An Leabhar Muimhneach". Irish Historical Studies. III (10). Cambridge University Press: 135. Retrieved 8 October 2023. The relevant material is available in the free preview at the URL.
  3. ^ a b McInerney, Luke (2012). "Lettermoylan of Clann Bhruaideadha: A résumé of their landholding, topography & history" (PDF). North Munster Antiquarian Journal. 52: 99. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. ^ Stanford, W. B. (13 March 1972). "Annual Report of the Institute and its Constituent Schools presented by the Council to the Minister for Education in respect of the Financial Year 1970–71" (PDF). DIAS.ie. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. p. 11. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b Holohan, Frances. "The Leabhar Breac – Reproduced in 1876: Shining a Light on the Original Ancient Manuscript". Abbey and District Heritage. Galway County Council Heritage Office / National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 9 October 2023. Citing: Ó Conaill, Mícheál (1932). Cineál Fhéichín agus Síol Anmcha. And: Ó Con Cheanainn, Tomás (1973). "The scribe of the Leabhar Breac". Ériu. 24. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy: 64–79. ISSN 0332-0758. Also quotes at some length from an unspecified publication of Nollaig Ó Muraíle.
  6. ^ Stokes, Whitley (1895). Félire Húi Gormáin: The Martyrology of Gorman, from a manuscript in the Royal Library, Brussels, with a preface, translation, notes and indices. London: Harrison & Sons. p. x.
  • Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature, Robert Welsh, 1996. ISBN 0-19-280080-9



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