Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín

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Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín was an Irish medieval scribe from a north Connacht bardic family. His place in history remains as that of the copier, in 1418, of Lebor Gabála Érenn [The Book of the Taking of Ireland], an important historic record of the land's folkloric history, compiled and edited by an anonymous scholar in the 11th century, and containing a loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of the Irish race from the creation of the world to the Middle Ages.

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  • Welsh, Robert (1996). Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature. ISBN 0-19-280080-9