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- d. 1984
- d. 1963
- supp. fl. early 6th century
reputed daughter of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn, king of Munster from the Éoganachta, and wife of Fíngen mac Áedo Duib. In scholarship about her role in such tales as Aided Chúanach meic Ailchíne, she is often described as a sovereignty goddess.
- s. xx–xxi
- s. xx–xxi
- 1830–1911
- County Carlow
Irish clergyman, cardinal (since 1885), and scholar.
mythical judge (brithem) who is said to have given instructions of wisdom to the young king of Tara, Feradach Find Fechtnach son of Crimthann Nia Náir, after the revolt of the aithech-thúatha; besides Audacht Morainn, a number of further texts relating to wisdom and law are attributed to him.
- s. xx–xxi
Morgan (Ray) See: Ray Looker
- c.1545–1604
Welsh clergyman, who became bishop of Llandaf (cons. 1595) and subsequently of St Asaph (1601). He is known for having produced the first Welsh translation of the complete Bible (the Old and New Testaments), which took him many years to complete and was finally published in 1588.
Moríath (alias Muiríath ‘Sea-land’), daughter of Scoríath, king of the Fir Morca in Munster, and the wife of Labraid Loingsech, high-king of Ireland from the Laigin.
Moríath ... ingen ríg mhara Grég See: Móriath [ingen ríg mhara Grég]
In the Acallam na senórach, a daughter to the ‘king of (the Sea of) the Greeks’, who gave Finn a magnificent drinking-horn called the Angalach; in one version of the text, listed as his wife.
- 1693 (Quimper)–1750
Dom Pierre-Hyacinthe Morice de Beaubois, or in short Dom Morice, was a Benedictine historian and a member of the Maurists.
