Gilla na Naem Ó Conmaigh

Gilla na Naem Ó Conmaigh, Irish musician, died 1360.

The Annals of the Four Masters, sub anno 1360, record the death of Gilla-na-naev O'Conmhaigh, Chief Professor of Music in Thomond.

This indicates that Ó Conmaigh was considered the pre-eminent musician and/or musical tutor in Thomond at the time of his death.

The surname is now generally rendered as Conway.

External links

• http://celt.ucc.ie/publishd.html
• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

References

• 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.