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Important collections of manuscripts and rare books are to be found in the Bibliothèque patrimoniale Villon (3 Rue Jacques Villon).

  • s. xx–xxi
  • s. xx–xxi
  • 1655–1723
  • Anglesey
Welsh antiquary, priest and vicar of Llanidan, Anglesey; author of Mona Antiqua Restaurata.

Originally the Highland Society of Scotland, a Scottish society founded in Edinburgh in 1784 to further the economy and living conditions of the Highlands and the Scottish islands as well as the preservation of Highland culture and traditions. Its current name was adopted in 1834, when its focus had shifted towards agricultural activities.

  • s. xx–xxi

Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn See: Ruadán of Lorrha

  • d. 584
  • Lothra, Cell Cluana, Ros Énne
Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn, patron saint of Lothra (Lorrha, Co. North Tipperary)
Three Leinstermen said to have been responsible for slaying kings, including Lugaid Ríab nDerg and Conaire; some sources identify them by name: Fer Rogain, Fer Gel and either Domnall Draí or Lomna Druth; sometimes identified as sons of Donn Désa.
king of Cenél Conaill
  • s. xx–xxi
ancestor figure of the Ulaid, e.g. as the ancestor of the Clann(a) Rudraige in Táin bó Flidais; identified in LGÉ as a son of Sitric (mac Sithrigi)
ruler of the Fir Bolg; ruler of Ulster
son of Partholón
  • d. 411
  • Jerusalem, Aquileia
Tyrannius Rufinus of Aquileia was a monk, theologian and historian. He is known for having translated Greek works by Origen, Eusebius and others in Latin.