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Lúcás Ó Dalláin

Irish historian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 11, 2022
Entity authorityQ6711446 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lúcás Ó Dalláin (fl. 14th century) was an Irish historian.

Lúcás Ó Dalláin is credited with compiling a 14th-century version of Senchus Fer n-Alban, originally compiled in the 10th century. Now referred to as Ms. H.2.7 and held by Trinity College Dublin, it is the most important of a number of manuscripts of the Senchus.

Ó Dalláin is believed to have written the text while working with Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372). It was preserved and used by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh, and subsequently Edward Lhuyd.

Little else appears to be known of Ó Dalláin himself.

References

The Celebrated Antiquary, Nollaig Ó Muraíle, Maynooth, 1996.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lúcás Ó Dalláin” as irish historian. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1372, 1996—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Lúcás, Dalláin and Irish can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as irish historian. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 11, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q6711446. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1372 and 1996.

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A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lúcás Ó Dalláin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.