About Murchadh Ó Cuindlis
Lived 1301 – 1401 (aged 99–100). Murchadh Ó Cuindlis was a writer.
was an Irish scribe of the Ó Cuindlis family of brehons and scholars. Other renderings of his name have or , and sometimes .
He was said to be a native of Bally Lough Deacker (today called Ballaghdacker, in Irish , in the parish of Athleague, which straddles north Galway and south Roscommon). was one of the scribes of the ('Great Book of Lecan'), 1397–1418, under the guidance of Giolla Íosa Mor mac Donnchadh MacFhirbhisigh. It is not to be confused with the much later ('The Book of Munster') or various other manuscripts called Red Book.
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Who was Murchadh Ó Cuindlis?
Irish scribe
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Murchadh Ó Cuindlis was born in 1301.
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Murchadh Ó Cuindlis died in 1401.
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Murchadh Ó Cuindlis was a writer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Murchadh Ó Cuindlis. https://biography.guide/murchadh-o-cuindlis/
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