Seán Ó Catháin
Introduction '''Seán Ó Catháin''' (fl. 1726) was an Irish scribe.Little is known of Ó Catháin. He transcribed ''Trí Biorghaoithe an Bháis'' – by Seathrún Céitinn – and ''Beatha Chaitríona'', "air forálamh an óig úasail róonoraigh fhíorchartannaidh .i. Fhroinnsais Óig a Blake mhic Tomais oíghreadh na bForbach" (for Francis Óg son of Thomas Blake of Furbogh, County Galway) in 1726, now British Library Egerton MS 184.He wrote RIA 23 G 4, containing history, genealogy and poetry, sometime between 1722 and 1729.
See also * Geoffrey Keating* Mary Bonaventure Browne* Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh* Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh* John O'Donovan (scholar)
References * ''Scríobhaithe Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge I nGaillimh 1700–1900'', William Mahon, in "Galway:History and Society", 1996