Mo Chuaroc moccu Neth Semon
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Mo Chuaroc moccu Neth Semon (fl. c. 600?) was an Irish
monk and scholar of the Early Middle Ages
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He was a native of the Youghal
area of what is now County Cork
in southern Ireland
. He studied with Mo Sinu moccu Min
and later recorded what the latter taught, which is thought to have been an ordo numerorum, a table of Greek numbers.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
monk and scholar of the Early Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages was the period of European history lasting from the 5th century to approximately 1000. The Early Middle Ages followed the decline of the Western Roman Empire and preceded the High Middle Ages...
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He was a native of the Youghal
Youghal
Youghal is a town in County Cork, Ireland. Sitting on the estuary of the River Blackwater, in the past it was militarily and economically important. Being built on the edge of a steep riverbank, the town has a distinctive long and narrow layout...
area of what is now County Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
in southern Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. He studied with Mo Sinu moccu Min
Mo Sinu moccu Min
Mo Sinu moccu Min, also known as Sinilis, Sinlán Moccu Mín; Irish scholar, d. 610.Fifth abbot of Bangor, "Mo-Sinu maccu Min ... was the first of the Hibernenses who learned the computus by heart from a certain Greek...
and later recorded what the latter taught, which is thought to have been an ordo numerorum, a table of Greek numbers.
Sources
- 1. - MS m, Universitatsbibliothek, Wurzburg; see also below.
- 2. - p. 113, Ireland and her neighbours in the Seventh Century, by Michael Richter.
- 3. - p. 14, "The Irish Tradition", Robin FlowerRobin FlowerRobin Ernest William Flower was an English poet and scholar, a Celticist, Anglo-Saxonist and translator from the Irish language. He is commonly known in Ireland as "Bláithín" . He married Ida Mary Streeter.-Life:...
, 1947.