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Today’s feast-day (21 December)

Fulartach of Dysart

Fulartach mac Bricc, patron saint of ''Dísert Fulartaig'', now probably Dysart (Co. Kildare). AFM give Fulartach ‘son of Brecc, the anchorite’ an obit of 755. Ó Riain has suggested that he is ultimately identical with the Fulartach who was bishop at Clonard (d. 779, AU), but also points out that the divergence in their obits and possibly, feastdays is somewhat problematic.

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Ruairí Óg Ó Mórdha, from The Image of Irelande by John Derricke (Plate 11). Source.

A module for identifying agents - encompassing persons, peoples and organisations - and managing information about them has been around for many years, continually evolving as time went by, but what was absent all this time is a public interface for accessing relevant data in a user-friendly way.

This is a first attempt at offering such an interface, which is provided "as-is" and should be considered beta-quality for now (not that there is any official product release cycle as such but using the label is a convenient means to sound the right alarm bells). It currently consists of a basic search, aggregated data overviews for individual agents, and hover-card labels that you will meet elsewhere in the catalogue.

I am aware of duplicates, uneven coverage and other shortcomings that typically arise from the progressive nature of this website or simply, lack of personpower. An earlier version of the interface was available to editors partly because it helps us address some of those issues. None of these objections, however, seemed to weigh heavily against the alternative, which is having nothing at all to offer.

Note that for convenience's sake, many agents are not formally indexed but are nonetheless included by exclusive virtue of being linked. It is a wonderful forte of the system that allows us to retrieve and bring together disparate data from disparate data sources, but some useful metadata will be missing and discoverability is more limited as a result. For instance, we may be linking to a scribe whose name and associated data can be retrieved and presented, but without, say, a floruit it will be difficult to find this person within the appropriate time range. I say "difficult" because it is possible, to an extent, to rely on the dates we have, if any, for associated objects (manuscripts, scribal hands), but such a circuitous approach comes with limitations of its own and is not necessarily methodologically sound.

Meanwhile, I hope that the new interface will improve your experience in using this website. Next up are thematic categories for scribes (in the broadest, non-pejorative sense of the word), authors and scholars.

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People

• Herbert F. Hore
  1817–1865
  Irish historian, archaeologist and author.
• Brian Mac Diarmada
  fl. 16th century
  Chieftain of Magh Luirg (Moylurg, bar. Boyle, Co. Roscommon) between 1568 and 1592.
• Ailerán of Clonard
  ob. 665
  Irish scholar of the monastery of Clúain Eraird (Clonard, Co. Meath) and author of Latin exegetical treatises.
• Foillán of Fosses
  fl. 7th century, d. 655
  Irish saint associated with Fosses (Fosses-la-Ville), in Wallonia, and brother of Fursa and Ultán.
• Aidan D. S. MacDonald
  1941–2013
• Louise H. van Wijngaarden-Bakker
  Dutch archaeologist and archaeozoologist.
• Willy Groenman-van Waateringe
  Dutch archaeologist.
• Finghin Ó Scannaill
  fl. 19th century
  Irish scribe who worked for James Hardiman.
• Hans Sloane
  1660–1753
  Sir Hans Sloane, Anglo-Irish physician and collector.
• Gruffudd Hiraethog
  d. 1564
  Welsh poet.
• Benignus Millett
  1922–2006
  Irish Franciscan priest and historian.
• Alexander Irvine [1773-1824]
  1773–1824
  Scottish clergyman, minister of Little Dunkeld (1806-1824), and a collector who took a great interest in Gaelic poetry.
• Iain Lom
  c.1624–c.1710
  Scottish Gaelic poet of the Macdonalds of Keppoch.
• Sìleas na Ceapaich
  c.1660–c.1729
  Scottish Gaelic poet, commonly known as Sìleas na Ceapaich (of Keppoch). She came from a noble family, and was the daughter if Gilleasbuig (Archibald), chief of the Macdonalds.
• John Lowe [bishop]
  d. 1467
  English clergyman. He was bishop of St Asaph (1433-1444) before being translated to the bishopric of Rochester.

Institutions

• Brecon priory

  Benedictine priory, daughter-house of Battle Abbey.

• Ordnance Survey of Ireland
• Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale
• Tréguier cathedral
• Saint-Brieuc cathedral
• Rennes cathedral
• Vannes cathedral
• Mont-Saint-Michel abbey
• Quimperlé, abbey of Sainte-Croix
• Quimper cathedral
• Cwrt Mawr

  Building and estate near Llangeitho, Ceredigion.

• Liath Mór [Leamakevoge]
• Vienna, Archiv des Schottenstifts
• Cell Moinne [Kilmoon, Co. Meath]
  A foundation in the modern parish which is named after it, that of Kilmoon/Kilmoone (bar. Skreen, Co. Meath).
  
• Liverpool, University Library

  The special collections are in the Sydney Jones Library.
  

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Scribes

Art Mac Bionaid

1793–1879

Irish scholar, scribe and poet.

William Pryce

d. 1790

A medical practitioner based in Redruth, Cornwall, who was also an author on mining and mineralogy, an antiquary and an advocate of the Cornish language.

Seághan Ó Conuill

fl. 18th/19th century

Seághan Ó Conuill / John O'Connell, Irish scribe

Ó Duibhgeannáin family

angl. Duigenan, important learned family of historians and scribes

Aindrias Mac Mathghamhna

fl. second half of the 18th century

Aindrias Mac Mathghamhna, Irish scribe

Maoílechlainn Ó Cianáin

fl. late 15th century

Irish scribe responsible for Dublin, King's Inns, MS 12-13 (c. 1491/2), a compilation of classical Greco-Roman tales in Irish

Domhnall Ó Teimhinn

s. xviiiⁱⁿ

Domhnall Ó Teimhinn (or perhaps Teinn), Irish scribe

Pádruic Mac Oghannan

s. xvii²

Pátruic Mac Oghannan/Oghannain, Irish scribe

Owen Jones [Owain Myfyr]

1741–1814

Welsh skinner and antiquary

David Johns [cleric and poet]

fl. 1569–1586

Welsh cleric, vicar (or parson?) of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd (Denbighshire), and poet.

Roderic O'Flaherty

1627/30–1716/18

Roderic(k) O'Flaherty / Ruaidhrí (Óg) Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Irish nobleman, historian and collector of manuscripts; author of Ogygia seu rerum Hibernicarum chronologia (1685).

Anonymous [LU scribe H]

s. xii

Anonymous scribe, usually known simply as H or the Interpolator, who significantly annotated, revised and interpolated parts of the Lebor na hUidre (RIA MS 23 E 25) and sometimes intercalated leaves to add material. The modern name H stands for ‘Homilist’, which stems from the fact that he added two homilies, Scéla laí brátha and Scéla na hEsérgi. His identity, background and precise floruit remain uncertain.

Donnchadh Ó Floinn [d. 1830]

d. 1830

Donnchadh (Bán) Ó Floinn, Irish scribe, scholar and publisher from Cork.

Máel Muire mac Céilechair

d. c.1106

Ó Longáin family

s. xviii–xix

An Irish family of scribes who together produced hundreds of Irish-language manuscripts in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Authors

A random selecton of authors and those so described.

Siôn ap Hywel

fl. late 15th/16th c.

Welsh poet.

Riaguil of Bennchor

fl. 8th/9th century?

The name ‘Riaguil of Bennchor’, suggesting a religious associated with the monastery of Bennchor (Bangor, Co. Down), is attested for: (1) a saint commemorated in the martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal under 11 June, and (2) a poet to whom a couple of verses on the battle of Dún Nechtain (685) are attributed. Although the first name, presumably a monastic name, is relatively rare, it is possible but by no means certain that they refer to the same person.

Baíthín of Taghboyne

fl. 6th/7th century?

Baíthín mac Cúanach, saint associated with Tech Baithín/Taghboyne, Co. Westmeath, and said to belong to the Cenél Énda. According to Pádraig Ó Riain, he is ultimately identical with Baíthín/Baíthéne mac Brénainn, Colum Cille’s successor in Iona.

Flannacán [author of Don tres Troí]

fl. late 12th century?

Medieval Irish scholar who describes himself as the author of ''Don tres Troí''.

Ieuan Brydydd Hir

fl. 15th century

Welsh poet from Ardudwy (Mer).

Edward Dafydd [of Margam]

c.1600–1678?

Welsh bardic poet.

William Morris [1705-1763]

1705–1763

Welsh antiquary and botanist, brother of Lewis, Richard and John Morris.

Bili

fl. 9th century

Deacon of Aleth and author of the first extant Life of St Malo (Machutus), bishop of Aleth.

Ingomar

Da Coca

blacksmith in the Ulster Cycle, whose celebrated hostel (''bruiden'') becomes the scene of action when Cormac Cond Longas is besieged there by the Connachta.

Seaán mac Ruaidhrí Mac Craith

fl. mid–14th century

Irish historian, member of the Meic Craith (Magraths) who appear as a hereditary family of bardic poets. He is reputed to have written the Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh.

Flann mac Lonáin

d. 891 x 918

early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.

John Davies [of Mallwyd]

d. 1644

John Davies of Mallwyd, Welsh scholar, author of a Welsh grammar and dictionary

Flannacán Úa Dubthaig

d. c. 1168 (AFM s.a. 1168)

Irish bishop of Elphin, who is remembered in the annals as a prominent scholar (''ard-ecnaid'') and historian (''ard-shenchaid''). A genealogical tract on the Síl Muiredaig in BB is attributed to him. He is said to have died at Cong.

Roderic O'Flaherty

1627/30–1716/18

Roderic(k) O'Flaherty / Ruaidhrí (Óg) Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Irish nobleman, historian and collector of manuscripts; author of Ogygia seu rerum Hibernicarum chronologia (1685).