Donnchadh Ó Ceallaigh

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Donnchadh Ó Ceallaigh
Liam Mac Peaircín
Coiscéim 2008
232 lth.

Tiarna talún i gceantar oirthear na Gaillimhe agus Ros Comáin ab ea Donnchadh Ó Ceallaigh (Denis Kelly) Cé nár bhfuair sé mórán moladh mar thiarna talún bhí ard-mheas ar mar bhailitheoir lámhscríbhinní agus ard-staraí ab ea é. Tugtar tuairisc sa leabhar seo ar a chuid oibre mar staraí agus bhailitheoir lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge agus ar a chomhfhreagras le daoine ar nós Eoghan ó Comhraí, Sean ó Donnabháin, J H Todd agus daoine léanta eile

Donnchadh Ó Ceallaigh (Denis Kelly) with an estate of 10,000 acres was a landlord in east Galway and Roscommon. Although not very popular as a landlord, he collected a large collection of valuable manuscripts of Irish history which can be found in collections in Dublin and Manchester. This book looks at some of his work as a historian and manuscript collector and his letters to and from people like Eoghan ó Comhraí, Sean ó Donnabháin, J H Todd agus daoine léanta eile .