Daibhidh Ó Duibhgheannáin
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Dáibhídh Ó Duibhgeannáin (fl.
1651, d.1696)
Dáibhídh mac Matthew Glas Ó Duibhgeannáin, or Dáibhídh Bacach ("lame David") as he sometimes called himself, was an active scribe, compiler and poet between the years 1651 and 1696. In the earliest of his known works, Royal Irish Academy Ms. 24.P.9., he writes on page 238: "sguirim go ttrasada ar Loch Mesg dam a ttigh Thaidgh Oig Ui Fhlaibhertaigh 1 die Aprilis 1651, Dauid Duigenan qui scripsit/I stop now, and I on Loch Mask in the house of Tadhg Og O Flaherty, April 1st, 1651, David Duigenan who wrote this." A later entry specifies the place as Oileán Ruadh, or Red Island.
There is a slight chance that he may have been the (or a) intermediary responsible for presenting Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh with "Volume C" of the original four volumes of the autograph of the Annals of the Four Masters
, covering the period AM 2242 to AD 1171. Peregrine O'Duignan
, one of the four main responsible for compiling the book, was a kinsman of Dáibhídh's. However, an idea proposed by the writer of this article that Dáibhídh was MacFhirbhisigh's mysterious amanuensis cannot be sustained, as a comparison of their handwriting bears no resemblance to each other.
Over the course of his life he penned such works as "Suibhne Gelt/The Frenzy of Sweeney", "The Adventures of the Two Idiot Saints", "The Battle of Magh Rath", and "The Banquet of Dun na Gedh.". He is believed to have lived his final years in Shancough, Tirerrill, Co. Sligo, where he lived with his wife, a Mac Con Midhe
. Dáibhídh died in 1696.
Floruit
Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1651, d.1696)
Dáibhídh mac Matthew Glas Ó Duibhgeannáin, or Dáibhídh Bacach ("lame David") as he sometimes called himself, was an active scribe, compiler and poet between the years 1651 and 1696. In the earliest of his known works, Royal Irish Academy Ms. 24.P.9., he writes on page 238: "sguirim go ttrasada ar Loch Mesg dam a ttigh Thaidgh Oig Ui Fhlaibhertaigh 1 die Aprilis 1651, Dauid Duigenan qui scripsit/I stop now, and I on Loch Mask in the house of Tadhg Og O Flaherty, April 1st, 1651, David Duigenan who wrote this." A later entry specifies the place as Oileán Ruadh, or Red Island.
There is a slight chance that he may have been the (or a) intermediary responsible for presenting Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh with "Volume C" of the original four volumes of the autograph of the Annals of the Four Masters
Annals of the Four Masters
The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history...
, covering the period AM 2242 to AD 1171. Peregrine O'Duignan
Peregrine O'Duignan
Peregrine O'Duignan was an Irish clergyman and historian.Born Cú Coigriche mac Tuathal Ó Duibhgeannain, presumably about or after 1590, his name was Latinized to Pereginus when he took holy orders in the Franciscan Order based at Leuven...
, one of the four main responsible for compiling the book, was a kinsman of Dáibhídh's. However, an idea proposed by the writer of this article that Dáibhídh was MacFhirbhisigh's mysterious amanuensis cannot be sustained, as a comparison of their handwriting bears no resemblance to each other.
Over the course of his life he penned such works as "Suibhne Gelt/The Frenzy of Sweeney", "The Adventures of the Two Idiot Saints", "The Battle of Magh Rath", and "The Banquet of Dun na Gedh.". He is believed to have lived his final years in Shancough, Tirerrill, Co. Sligo, where he lived with his wife, a Mac Con Midhe
Mac Con Midhe
Mac Con Midhe was the name of a family of poets in Gaelic Ireland. The name is also now rendered as MacNamee, Conmee, and Conway.-Overview:There was a branch of this Ulster sept who were erenaghs of Comber on the river Foyle in the deanery of Derry, and they are recorded as such as late as 1606...
. Dáibhídh died in 1696.
Sources
- The Learned Family of O Duigenan, Fr. Paul WalshFr. Paul WalshFather Paul Walsh , was an Irish priest and historian.-Life and career:Walsh was the eldest of the five sons and three daughters born to Michael Walsh and Brigid Gallagher of Ballina , in the parish of Mullingar, County Westmeath. Educated locally, he spent a year at Mullingar's Christian Brothers...
, "Irish Ecceslastical Record", 1921 - The Celebrated Antiquary: Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh - His Lineage, Life and Learning, Nollaig Ó MuraíleNollaig Ó MuraíleNollaig Ó Muraíle is an Irish scholar. He published an acclaimed edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh's Leabhar na nGenealach in 2004. He was conferred with the honour of admittance to the Royal Irish Academy in 2009.-Life and career:...
, Maynooth, 1996. - Scríobhaithe Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge I nGaillimh 1700-1900, William Mahon, in "Galway:History and Society", 1996