Aed Ó Finn

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.

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