Aed mac Donn Ó Sochlachain
Aed mac Donn Ó Sochlachain (died 1226) was Erenagh of Cong and an Irish musician.
Ó Sochlachain was one of the earliest Irish musicians described in the extant Irish annals, denoting the respect the profession had acquired in recent generations. The Annals of Connacht describe him as the:
erenagh of Cong, a man eminent for chanting and for the right tuning of harps and for having made an instrument for himself which none had made before, distinguished also in every art such as poetry, engraving and writing and in every skilled occupation, died this year.
See also
- Clàrsach
- Amhlaeibh Mac Innaighneorach, d. 1168
- Maol Ruanaidh Cam Ó Cearbhaill, murdered 1329
- Turlough O'Carolan, 1670-1738
References
- Musical instruments in Ireland 9th 14th centuries: A review of the organological evidence, Ann Buckley, pp. 13–57, Irish Musical Studies i, Blackrock, County Dublin, 1990
- Music and musicians in medieval Irish society, Ann Buckley, pp. 165–190, Early Music xxviii, no.2, May 2000
- Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland, Ann Buckley, pp. 744–813, in A New History of Ireland, volume one, Oxford, 2005
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