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Seán (or John) Ó Cleirigh, Irish scribe who could probably claim descent from certain illustrious scholars of the Uí Chléirigh, even if his own testimony seems fuzzy and inconsistent. He appears to have had, perhaps inherited, an unknown number of Irish manuscripts written by or associated with Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, five of which he brought to Dublin in 1817.



Irish lexicographer


Ó Conaill (Tadhg) (fl. 19th c.)
Irish scribe





Irish scribe and physician from a medical family in Ossory.



Ó Conuill (Seághan) (fl. 18th/19th century)
Seághan Ó Conuill / John O'Connell, Irish scribe





Murchadh (Riabhach) Ó Cuindlis, Irish scribe; pupil of Giolla Íosa Mac Fhir Bhisigh


Ó Cuirnín (Ádam) (fl. c. 1418)
Irish scribe, assistant of Giolla Íosa Mac Fhir Bhisigh.



Ó Dálaigh (Aodh) (fl. mid–18th century)
Irish scribe and poet






Ó Dochartaigh (Aodh) (fl. 17th century, first half)
Irish soldier and scribe. His patron was Capt. Somhairle Mac Domhnaill for whom he compiled two volumes of Irish verse, namely volume b of UCD Franciscan MS A 20 (Duanaire Finn) and the Book of the O'Conor Don.


Ó Dreada (Seán) (c.1770–1840)
Irish scribe and sculptor based in Cork.


Ó Droma (Solamh) (fl. early 15th century)
Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.


Irish poet and historian.



Domhnall mac Aodha Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann, main scribe of BL Egerton 88.



Irish scribe, known as one of the Four Masters


Irish professional scribe, member of the Ó Duibhgeannáin family.



Irish scribe


Ó Duibhgeannáin (Maghnus) (fl. early 15th century)
Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.


Ó Duibhgeannáin (Pilib Ballach) (fl. second half of the 16th century)
Irish historian and scribe, known for producing NLI MS G 1.


angl. Duigenan, important learned family of historians and scribes


Ó Duibhgheannáin (Paitín) (fl. 16th century)
Irish scribe from a learned family of historians


Irish scribe





Ó Fearghail (Brian) (1715–c.1788)
Irish scribe and agricultural worker.





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



Ó Gnímh (Fear Flatha) (fl. early 17th century)
Irish poet


Irish scribe and schoolmaster who lived in Dublin



Ó hAnluain (Vailintín) (fl. 18th century)
Irish scribe associated with the Ó Neachtain circle in Dublin.





Ó hEoghusa (Muiris) (16th century?)
Irish scribe (NLI MS G 14) and poet, whose name is invoked as the author of Díon Ulltach 'na n-urríoghaibh (39 qq, Copenhagen NKS MS 268b = no. XXI in Greene's edition) and a poem on the birth and crucifixion of Christ, Tosach ar mbeathadh bás Dé (Eg. 136, TCD 1285).






Irish scribe and scholar of the Uí Léighin of Fermoy, whose scribal contributions include medicinal and astronomical texts.


scribe from Limerick




Ó Longáin (Peadar) (1801–c.1860(?))
Peattair/Peadar Ó Longáin, scribe who was based in Co. Cork and belonged to the Ó Longáin family of scribes; son of Mícheál Óg and brother of Pól Ó Longáin.


Ó Longáin (Pól) (1801–1866)
scribe who was based in Co. Cork and belonged to the Ó Longáin family of scribes; son of Mícheál Óg and brother of Peadar Ó Longáin.



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.



Ó Luinín (Matha) (fl. 16th century)
Irish scribe and scholar of Arda on the Erne (Co. Fermanagh)


Ó Luinín (Ruaidhrí) (fl. 16th century)
Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, Irish scribe


learned family of legal historians




Irish scribe; one of the scholars known as the Four Masters





Muirgheas mac Pháidín Uí Maoil Chonaire, of Cluain Plocáin, scribe and compiler of the Book of Fenagh (RIA MS 23 P 26).


Irish scholar, poet and scribe of the Ó Maoil Chonaire family. He is known to have made a small contribution to the Annals of the Four Masters.








Important learned family of poets, historians and scribes based in Connacht.



Ó Maolmhuaidh (Aodh) (fl. 18th c.)
Irish scribe.



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.




Ó Muláin (Seán) (s. xviii2–xix1)
Irish teacher and scribe based in the city and county of Cork.



Ó Neachtain (Tadhg) (c.1670–c. 1752)
Irish scribe and scholar, son of Seán Ó Neachtain.




Ó Nuabha (Muiris) (fl. early 18th century)
Irish scribe


Ulster poet and scribe, who in one of his manuscripts gives his name as Pádraig Ua Pronntaigh mhic Néill mhic Seadhain, ó Loch Eírne.