Muiris mac Donnchadh Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe (fl. 1602-1630s), anglicised Maurice MacDonough Ultach Donlevy, also known as Muiris Ulltach, was an Irish Franciscan cleric.
Background
Ó Duinnshléibhe was born in the sixteenth century to a father named Donnchadh. He was born into the Ó Duinnshléibhe family, a hereditary medical family of physicians to the O'Donnells, based in County Donegal. Some members of the family went by the surname Ultach, named after the over-kingdom Ulaid, of which they were formerly the ruling dynasty.
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.
Death of O'Donnell
After the Irish defeat at the Battle of Kinsale, the O'Donnell clan left Ireland for Spain. 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) and the similarly-named Father Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe.
Contributions to Annals
In 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.
See also
- Donnchadh mac Eoghan Ó Duinnshléibhe, died 1527.
- Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe, Irish cleric, fl. 1602-1630s.
References
- ^ Annals of the Four Masters. 1636. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ 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). "Macdonlevy, Cormac" . 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
- 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.