Naisse mac Cithruadh, Irish musician, died 1561.
Biography
The Annals of Loch Ce, sub anno 1561, contain a reference to Naisse and his wife, and their deaths on Lough Gill:
Naisse, the son of Cithruadh, the most eminent musician that was in Erinn, was drowned on Loch-Gile, and his wife, the daughter of Mac Donnchadha, and Athairne, the son of Matthew Glas; and the son of O'Duibhgennain was a great loss.
See also
Daithí Ó Drónaí, experimental musician, born 1991. Donnchadh Ó Hámsaigh, harper, 1695 – 5 or 11 November 1807. Donell Dubh Ó Cathail, harper to Elizabeth I, c. 1560s-c.1660. Maol Ruanaidh Cam Ó Cearbhaill, murdered Saturday 10 June 1329. Tuotilo, monk and composer, c. 850 – c.915.
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
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