Ádhamh Ó Cianáin

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Ádhamh Ó Cianáin (died 1373) was an Irish historian and genealogist.[1][2]

Described in his

canon
" of Lisgoole, "having secured victory of deamon and world".

A member of the

Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianain ('The Book of Adhamh Ó Cianáin') according to a colophon
, whilst another states "Adhamh O Cianan ro sgribh in leabhar sa do fen/Adhamh Ó Cianáin wrote this book for himself".

He and Ó Dubhagáin had the responsibility of recording the genealogies of Irish Kings of the mid-Fourteenth Century.[3]

References

  1. ^ Carney, James (1969). The Ó Cianáin Miscellany. Royal Irish Academy.
  2. ^ Ó Muraíle, Nollaig (2005). "The Learned Family of Ó Cianáin/Keenan". Clogher Historical Society: 396–402 – via JSTOR.
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