Mael Sechlainn Mac Carmaic

Mael Sechlainn Mac Carmaic, Irish musician, died 1330.

Called a general entertainer in the Annals of Connacht, the Annals of the Four Masters list him as a wealthy Brughaidh Cedach.

Thus his exact profession is uncertain, but he is notable as one of the very few professional people who were thought worthy enough to be mentioned in the extant Gaelic–Irish annals.

External links

• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005D/index.html

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.