- dictionary. An
ollam or
ollamh (Old Irish: [ˈol͈aṽ];
anglicised as
ollave or
ollav),
plural ollomain, in
early Irish literature, was a
master in a particular...
- land from
generation to generation), and
chroniclers (as well as
bards and
ollavs-hereditary poets) to the MacDermots,
Princes of Moylurg, down to Turlough...
-
Connacht is
somewhat ambiguous: "It was in this year that the
reign of the
ollavs Dubs****lech and
Dunlang O
Mailchonaire came to an end, and
Tanaide Mor son...
- the
Tribes of
Galway by c. 1500. M1490.15 ...
Thomas O'Lorcan,
intended Ollav to O'Madden ... died. http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm...
- castle. The
chief compiler was M**** O'Duignan, one of a
family who were
ollavs and
scribes to the
McDonagh and the McDermots.
Other scribes of the book...
-
Masters contains their joint obituary: 1482.Murtough Mac Clancy,
intended Ollav of Thomond, and Cosnamhach, son of
Conor Oge Mac Clancy, died. http://www...
-
Brehon to
Maguire ..., died. M1524.23 O'Breslen (Owen Oge, the son of Owen),
Ollav to
Maguire in judicature, died. http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index...
-
there were
seven grades of filès, the most
exalted being called an
ollamh (
ollav) ...
Historians prefer to use the Old
Irish fili
rather than filè – to avoid...
-
commissioned the
writing of the Book of
Ballymote by the family's
scribes and
ollavs. The name also
arose in Co. Cork
where it was
located in the
Barony of Dunhallow...
- now
generally rendered as Caffrey. M1478.12 Macrifferty, i.e. Ciothruadh,
Ollav to
Maguire in
poetry ... died. http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index...
