Mael Sechlainn Mac Carmaic, Irish musician, died 1330.
Mael Sechlainn is called a brughaidh in the Irish language originals of several contemporary annals,[1][2][3] which has been variously translated as general entertainer or rich and prosperous yeoman in English language editions.[4][5] The word brughaidh itself occurs in later medieval texts, but it is used more clearly to define a rank in society than a responsibility for public hospitality. Passages in the Book of Fenagh name the brughaidh as next in rank to the taoiseach.[6]
Thus his exact profession is uncertain, but he is notable as one of the very few professional people who were thought worthy enough to be mentioned in the extant Gaelic–Irish annals.
There was a branch of the O'Donnell dynasty named Mac Carmaic, apparently pre-dating the reign of Donnell Óg O'Donnell (d. 1281), several of whom became Bishop of Raphoe. Their earliest known ancestor was known only by the title "Fear léinn", variously translated as scholar or lector[7][8] Descendants of this branch may have survived at least into the mid-17th century in the parishes of Clonleigh and Donaghmore, County Donegal.[9]
Citations
edit- ^ 'Annála Connacht'; compiled by Mavis Cournane, Vibeke Dijkman, Ivonne Tummers; published by CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork (1997); entry 1330.7
- ^ 'Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster otherwise Annala Senait, Annals of Senat'; compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin; published by CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork (2003); entry U1327.3
- ^ 'Annals of the Four Masters'; compiled by Stephen Beechinor, Beatrix Färber, Daithí Ó Corráin; published by CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork (2000); entry M1330.5
- ^ 'The Annals of Ulster'; compiled by Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor; published by CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork (2003); entry U1327.3
- ^ 'Annála Connacht'; compiled by Pádraig Bambury; published by CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork (2008); entry 1330.7
- ^ ‘Guesting and Feasting in Gaelic Ireland’ by Katherine Simms, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 108 (1978), page 71, accessed 5 January 2022 through Jstor.org
- ^ 'Annála Connacht'; compiled by Pádraig Bambury; published by CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork (2008); entry 1281.3
- ^ 'Annals of the Four Masters'; compiled by Myriam Priour; published by CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork (2002); entry M1281.2
- ^ '1665 Hearth Money Roll for the Barony of Raphoe, Co Donegal'; published by the Donegal Genealogy Resources Website, accessed 5 January 20222
External links
editBibliography
edit- Music and musicians in medieval Irish society, Ann Buckley, pp. 165–190, Early Music xxviii, no.2, May 2000
- Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland, Ann Buckley, pp. 744–813, in A New History of Ireland, volume one, Oxford, 2005.
  | This article about an Irish musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |