Aed Ó Finn
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Aed Ó Finn, Irish musician, died 1269.
In medieval Ireland, there were at least three unrelated clans of the name Ó Finn: one in Airgíalla, a second at Kilcolgan in County Galway, and a third in County Sligo.
The Kilcolgan family were erenaghs, hereditary abbots of Kilcolgan, while the Sligo family were a prominent clan who resided in the parish of Clary, near what is now the town of Sligo. The Ó Finn's of Airgíalla fade from recorded history in the High Medieval era. It is not known which, if any, of these families, were progenitor of Aed Ó Finn. The surname was common in all parts of Ireland.
His obituary, sub anno 1269, records that he was a master of music and minstrelsy.
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.
