- Mac Fhirbhisigh - Wikipedia
MacFirbis (Irish: Mac Fhirbhisigh), also known as Forbes, was the surname of a family of Irish hereditary historians based for much of their known history at Lecan, Tireragh (now Lackan, Kilglass parish, County Sligo)
- Duald Mac Firbis (MacFirbis) and the Mac Firbis Family
Dubhaltach Mac Firbisigh, generally written Duald Mac Firbis, is believed to have been born about the year 1585, at Lackan, in the county of Sligo He was the eldest of four brothers, and belonged to a junior branch of the family
- Mac Firbhisigh, Giolla Íosa Mór | Dictionary of Irish Biography
Mac Firbhisigh, Giolla Íosa Mór (fl c 1392 – c 1417), historian and poet, was a hereditary ollamh or master of bardic learning in the west Sligo territory of Tír Fhiachrach, ruled throughout the middle ages by the O'Dowda (Ó Dubhda) chieftains
- Macfirbis, Duald, (1585-1670), Historian - The National Archives
The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to
- The genealogies, tribes, and customs of Hy-Fiachrach, commonly called O . . .
The genealogies, tribes, and customs of Hy-Fiachrach, commonly called O'Dowda's country
- The MacFirbis Legacy - odubhdaclan. com
Completed in 1391, this work was partly written by Giolla Iosa Mor Mac Firbis This contains a collection of stories relating to the Ui Fiachrach and Ulster, and has a copy of the famous “Tain Bo Cuailnge ” This is now in Trinity College Dublin
- Microsoft Word - sligo - macfirbis - Local History
It included a mixture of historical and religious texts, as well as mythological and law tracts, and medical treatises Many sections were compiled by Giolla Iosa Mór Mac Firbhisigh around the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries
- Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh - Wikipedia
MacFhirbhisigh's endeavours ensured the survival of several invaluably important sources of medieval and early Irish history These include three annals, an early Irish law tract, material on ecclesiastical matters, and translations
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