Adhamh Ó Cianáin (died 1373) was an Irish historian and genealogist.[1][2]

Described in his obituary as "a learned historian" and "a canon" of Lisgoole, "having secured victory of deamon and world".

A member of the Ó Cianáin learned family of Fermanagh, Adhamh studied under Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin; it was from the latter's book that Adhamh wrote Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianain ('The Book of Adhamh Ó Cianáin') according to a colophon, whilst another states "Adhamh O Cianan ro sgribh in leabhar sa do fen/Adhamh Ó Cianáin wrote this book for himself".

He and Ó Dubhagáin had the responsibility of recording the genealogies of Irish Kings of the mid-Fourteenth Century.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Carney, James (1969). The Ó Cianáin Miscellany. Royal Irish Academy.
  2. ↑ Ó Muraíle, Nollaig (2005). "The Learned Family of Ó Cianáin/Keenan". Clogher Historical Society: 396–402 – via JSTOR.
  3. ↑ Simms, Katharine (2000). From Kings to Warlords: The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic Ireland in the Later Middle Ages. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-85115-784-9.


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