Dubsúilech Ó Maolconaire

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Dubsúilech Ó Maolconaire was a member of the Ó Maolconaire family of Connacht, who served as historians and poets to the Síl Muireadaigh, and their rulers, the Ó Conchubhair Kings of Connacht.

He appears to have being chief ollamh of Connacht, and thus presumably that of the Síl Muireadaigh. However, the entry in the Annals of Connacht is somewhat ambiguous:

"It was in this year that the reign of the ollams Dubsúilech and Dunlang Maolconaire came to and end, and Tanaide Mor mac Dúinnín meic Nede meic Conaing Buide Ó Maolconaire took his seat in the Ollam's Chair of the province of Connacht."

The possibility therefore exists that Dubsúilech and Dunlang held the post jointly during their lives. Their successor was a son of a previous Ollamh, Dúinnín Ó Maolconaire.

Preceded by
Máeleoin Bódur Ó Maolconaire
Ollamh Síl Muireadaigh
1266 - 1270
Succeeded by
Tanaide Mor mac Dúinnín Ó Maolconaire
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