page_title: Ódhrán ua hEolais
hierarchical_section_title: Ódhrán ua hEolais
caption_attribution_description: Clonmacnois, County Offaly, Ireland English: Grave slab with the inventory number CLN00361 and the inscription: “OR DOODRAN HAU EOLAIS”. Translated as “Pray for Odhran h-Ua Eolais”. Ódhrán Ua hEolais was a scribe at Clonmacnoise who died in 994.
context_page_description: Odhran Ua hEolais was a medieval scribe and scholar at the abbey of Clonmacnoise. He must have been born, and lived his childhood, in the kingdom of Conmaicne Magh Réin, which corresponds to present day south county Leitrim. We do not know any significant details of his personal life, but Odhran moved to county Offaly in adult life, to become Lector and a famous scriba of Clonmacnoise. His death is recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters. A cross-stone of Odhran, with his name inscription legible in middle Irish, is preserved to this day.
context_section_description: Odhran Ua hEolais (died A.D. 994) was a medieval scribe and scholar at the abbey of Clonmacnoise.  He must have been born, and lived his childhood, in the kingdom of Conmaicne Magh Réin, which corresponds to present day south county Leitrim. We do not know any significant details of his personal life, but Odhran moved to county Offaly in adult life, to become Lector and a famous scriba of Clonmacnoise. His death is recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters. A cross-stone of Odhran, with his name inscription legible in middle Irish, is preserved to this day.
caption: The cross-stone of Odhran Ua Eolais
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