Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh
Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh (
Life
Born in Tír Conaill (modern-day
In the lead up to the
Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Uí Dhomhnaill
Ó Cléirigh is best known as the author of Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Uí Dhomhnaill (Life of Red Hugh O'Donnell), a biography of Red Hugh, a leader in the Nine Years' War. The work was a major source for the account of the period given in the Annals of the Four Masters and is the fullest contemporary source for O'Donnell's life and career. Lughaidh's work is identified in the Annals merely as the book of Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh.[1] The vagueness of the description led many early scholars to conclude that Cucoigriche Ó Cléirigh had authored the work. In his 1851 edition of the Annals O'Donovan cited Cucoigriche as the author of the Beatha, believing it to be a different text to the work attributed to Lughaidh by the annalists.[1] Eugene O'Curry was the first to attribute the Beatha to Lughaidh, suggesting that Cucoigriche was merely the scribe.[1]
Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Uí Dhomhnaill is composed in
See also
- Peregrine Ó Duibhgeannain
- Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
- John O'Donovan (scholar)
References
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- ^ "Digital materials for the study and appreciation of Anglo-Irish Literature". Ricorso.net. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "MS 23 P 24". Irish Script On Screen. School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "TEI header for Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Uí Dhomhnaill". Ucc.ie. Retrieved 17 May 2015.