Muiris mac Donnchadh Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe (fl. 1602-1630s), anglicised Maurice MacDonough Ultach Donlevy, also known as Muiris Ulltach, was an Irish Franciscan cleric.[1][2]
Background
editÓ Duinnshléibhe was born in the sixteenth century to a father named Donnchadh.[1] He was born into the Ó Duinnshléibhe family, a hereditary medical family of physicians to the O'Donnells, based in County Donegal.[3] Some members of the family went by the surname Ultach, named after the over-kingdom Ulaid, of which they were formerly the ruling dynasty.[4][5]
The Annals of the Four Masters describe him as "a poor friar of the order of St. Francis" from the convent of Donegal's monastery.[1]
Death of O'Donnell
editAfter the Irish defeat at the Battle of Kinsale, the O'Donnell clan left Ireland for Spain.[6] In September 1602, Ó Duinnshléibhe attended clan chief Hugh Roe O'Donnell on his death bed in Simancas Castle, Spain. Also attending were O'Donnell's spiritual adviser, Fláithrí Ó Maolchonaire (future Archbishop of Tuam)[1] and the similarly-named Father Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe.[7]
Contributions to Annals
editIn the 1630s, both Ó Duinnshléibhe and Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe were attached to the Franciscan convent at Bundrowes, and became acquainted with chronicler Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, who was then compiling the Annals of the Four Masters. Ó Duinnshléibhe's recollections of events, including the death of O'Donnell, were incorporated into the compilation.[2][1]
See also
edit- Donnchadh mac Eoghan Ó Duinnshléibhe, died 1527.
- Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe, Irish cleric, fl. 1602-1630s.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Annals of the Four Masters. 1636. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ a b Walsh, Paul (1933). Gleanings from Irish manuscripts (2nd ed.). Dublin: At the sign of the Three Candles. p. 76.
- ^ Woods, J. Oliver (September 1981). "The history of medicine in Ireland". Ulster Medical Journal. 51 (1): 35–45. PMC 2385830. PMID 6761926.
- ^ McNulty, Paul B. (2008). "Origin of the Surname, McNulty, and its Association with the McDonlevys/Dunleavys of County Down". Academia.
- ^ Moore, Norman (1893). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 35. p. 52.
- ^ Hiram, Morgan (October 2009). "O'Donnell, 'Red' Hugh (Ó Domhnaill, Aodh Ruadh)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006343.v1.
- ^ Silke, John J. (1988). "The Last Will of Red Hugh O'Donnell". Studia Hibernica (24): 51–60. ISSN 0081-6477.
Bibliography
edit- The Annals of the Four Masters: Irish history, kingship and society in the early seventeenth century, p. 39, 186–7, 246, Bernadette Cunningham, Four Courts Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84682-203-2.