Amlaid Ua Domhnalláin
Amlaid Ua Domhnalláin (died 1177), Chief poet of Connacht.
Amlaid Ua Domhnalláin was a member of a bardic family, Ó Domhnalláin of Clan Breasil, Máenmaige in Ui Maine (now Ballydonnellan, County Galway).
Other such members of his family would include Flann Óc mac Séoan Ó Domhnalláin, Flann Óge Ó Domhnalláin, Mael Sechlainn Ó Domhnalláin, Pádhraic Ó Domhnalláin, Padraig Ó Domhnallain, Ainglioch Ó Dónalláin and Seosamh Ó Dónalláin.
The surname Donnellan remains fairly common in Galway.
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[edit]- The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, 1978.