work, The Irish Tradition (1946), Robin Flower wrote at some length of him and the legends surrounding his life. Flann is mentioned in the oldest surviving personal letter from Ireland, which dates from the mid 12th century and was addressed to Áed Ua Crimthainn, compiler of the Book of Leinster, by Find, Bishop of Kildare, who wrote: "Let the poem book of Mac Lonáin be brought to me so that we may study the meanings of the poems that are in it, et vale in Christo. Notes References Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature, Robert Welsh, 1996. The Irish Tradition, Robin Flower, 1946. (See also:‘Flann Mac Lonain in Repentant Mood’ and ‘Eulogy on Ecnechan son of Dálach Kingof Tír Conaill †906 by Fland mc Lonain ollam Connacht ‘Ard do scela a meic nacuach’ Ed. J. G. O’Keeffe, Ir. Texts 1 (1931) 22–24, 54–62., A Story of Flannmac Lonáin, transcribed by O. J. Bergin. Anecdota from Irish Manuscripts, Vol.1, p. 45) http://www.ucc.ie/academic/smg/CDI/PDFs_textarchive/IrishTexts1.pdf http://www.ucc.ie/academic/smg/CDI/PDFs_textarchive/AnecdotaIpt2.pdf Ubink, Jeanette, Poems attributed to Flann mac Lonáin: including a critical edition of Maiccni Echach ard a nglé . University of Utrecht. 2015. External links https://archive.org/stream/historyandantiq01fahegoog/historyandantiq01fahegoog_djvu.txt 896 deaths Medieval Irish poets People from County Clare People from County Tipperary People from County Galway 9th-century Irish writers Year of birth unknown 9th-century Irish poets Irish male poets Irish-language writers