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Four Masters memorial, Drowes River

Plaque · Tullaghan, County Leitrim

Four Masters memorial, Drowes River© Kenneth AllenCC BY-SA 2.0

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Tullaghan, County Leitrim
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Inscription

(four busts) / (a line in Irish, worn) / ALONG THE BANKS OF THIS RIVER DROWES IN THE HOUSE OF THE FRIARS OF DONEGAL 1632-36 BROTHER MICHAEL O'CLERIGH O.F.M. WITH HIS LAY ASSOCIATES PEREGRINE O'DUIGNAN, LEITRIM, PEREGRINE O'CLERIGH, DONEGAL, AND FEARFEASA O'MULCONRY, ROSCOMMON, COMPILED THE ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS WHICH RECORD THE HISTORY OF IRELAND DOWN TO A.D. 1616 / (in Gaelic script) NOCHTAITHE 10-8-1975 [?] DO CHOISTE CUIMHNEACHÁIN NA gCEITHRE MÁISTIR [?] ...

The names (4)

The names transcribed so far, in the order and spelling engraved. What the stone says about each person is beneath their name; nothing has been added from other records.

  1. Brother Michael O'Clerigh

    BROTHER MICHAEL O'CLERIGH

    O.F.M.; with his lay associates compiled the Annals of the Four Masters in the house of the Friars of Donegal, 1632-1636

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    Four Masters memorial, Drowes River (Tullaghan, County Leitrim, Ireland), Plaque, line 1, "BROTHER MICHAEL O'CLERIGH"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45577/ : accessed 9 November 2026).

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  2. Peregrine O'Duignan

    PEREGRINE O'DUIGNAN

    Of Leitrim; one of the Four Masters

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    Four Masters memorial, Drowes River (Tullaghan, County Leitrim, Ireland), Plaque, line 2, "PEREGRINE O'DUIGNAN"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45578/ : accessed 9 November 2026).

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  3. Peregrine O'Clerigh

    PEREGRINE O'CLERIGH

    Of Donegal; one of the Four Masters

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    Four Masters memorial, Drowes River (Tullaghan, County Leitrim, Ireland), Plaque, line 3, "PEREGRINE O'CLERIGH"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45579/ : accessed 9 November 2026).

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  4. Fearfeasa O'Mulconry

    FEARFEASA O'MULCONRY

    Of Roscommon; one of the Four Masters

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    Four Masters memorial, Drowes River (Tullaghan, County Leitrim, Ireland), Plaque, line 4, "FEARFEASA O'MULCONRY"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45580/ : accessed 9 November 2026).

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