Seon Mac Solaidh [SEP] occupation
Seon Mac Solaidh
Seon Mac Solaidh, aka Sean or John Mac Solly, Irish poet and scribe, fl. 1720s.
Biography.
A native of Harmanstown, parish of Stackallen, County Meath, Paul Walsh described him as follows: "He cultivated Irish literature, not, however, as an original author. He is known as a diligent copier of MSS., and as a friend of Tadhg O Neachtain, the lexico-grapher ... The two men were joint scribes of a MS. which Edward O
by his ancestors in the 14th century.
Sources.
- "John Fergus MD: Eighteenth-century Doctor, Book Collector and Irish Scholar", by Diarmaid O Cathain, in "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland", pp. 139–163, volume 118, 1988.
See also.
- Seon Mac Solaidh
- Tadhg Ó Neachtain
- Richard Tipper
- Charles O'Conor (historian)
External links.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120508201733/http://www.ria.ie/Library/Special-Collections/Manuscripts/Liber-Flavus-Fergusiorum.aspx