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Cín lae Uí Mhealláin
prose
Ó Mealláin (Toirdhealbhach)
Ó Mealláin (Toirdhealbhach)
(fl.1641–1647)
Franciscan friar of Brantry (Co. Tyrone), who has been identified as the author of a journal describing the first years (1641-1647) of the Irish Confederate Wars.

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An account of the first years (1641-1647) of the Irish Confederate Wars, written by (or at least attributed to) the Franciscian friar Toirdhealbhach Ó Mealláin.

Irish language17th centuryIrish Confederate WarsÓ Néill (Eoghan Ruadh)
Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Uí Shúileabháin
prose
Ó Súilleabháin (Amhlaoibh)
Ó Súilleabháin (Amhlaoibh)
(1783–1838)
Irish businessman, storyteller and schoolteacher, known for writing a diary, largely in Irish, between 1827 and 1835.

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Diary or journal written largely in Irish by Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin of Callan (Co. Kilkenny) between January 1827 and July 1835. Its observations on different aspects of Irish society are considered an invaluable resource for the history of 19th-century Ireland.

Modern IrishLeinster/Cúige LaigheanMunster/Cúige Mumhan