Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe


Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe, aka Father Muiris Ulltach, fl. 1602-1630s.

Spain

Ó Duinnshléibhe was one of two Donegal men named Father Muiris Ulltach who attended Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill on his death-bed in Simancas Castle, Spain, with Archbishop of Tuam Fláithrí Ó Maol Chonaire.

Translator

In the 1620s, Ó Duinnshléibhe translated Francis O'Mahony's Brevis synopsis Provinciae Hyberniae FF Minorum into Irish. This version was later made available to Mícheál Ó Cléirigh and his co-workers for the Annals of the Four Masters. In 1641, Ó Cléirigh wrote that
As Ó Cléirigh indicated, Ó Duinnshléibhe was guardian of the Franciscan convent at Bundrowes, County Donegal, from 1632 to 1635. In 1624, he