Donnchad Clereach Ó Maol Braonáin

Donnchad Clereach Ó Maol Braonáin, Irish cleric and musician, died 1343.

The Annals of Lough Ce, sub anno 1343, note the manner of Ó Maol Braonáin's death:

Donnchadh Clerech O'Maelbhrenainn, a canon chorister at Oilfinn (Elphin), was killed with a shot of an arrow by the people of Hubert, son of David Donn Mac William (Burke).

His surname is generally now rendered as Brennan.

References

  • Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland, Ann Buckley, pp. 744–813, in A New History of Ireland, volume one, Oxford, 2005


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