- 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...
- now
generally rendered as Caffrey. M1478.12 Macrifferty, i.e. Ciothruadh,
Ollav to
Maguire in
poetry ... died. http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index...
- land from
generation to generation), and
chroniclers (as well as
bards and
ollavs-hereditary poets) to the MacDermots,
Princes of Moylurg, down to Turlough...
- 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...
- Territory:
Counties Tyrone and
Londonderry Extra:
Hereditary poets and
ollavs to the O'Neills Mac
Conmidhe (MacConamy, MacConomy, Conamy, Conomy, Conmee...
-
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...
- 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...
- for the Year 1857. 5: 17. Connellan's
brief summary states "Tuidhean or
Ollav's robe". Stokes, Whitley, ed. tr. (1905). "The
Colloquy of the Two Sages"...
-
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...
- rarely, Courtney. The monk O'Curnin, a
pious sage, died 1258 Tomás Ó Curnín,
ollav of the Fir Brefne,, died 1400
Cormac Ó Curnín, died 1475 Ruaidrí Ó Curnín...
