Donnchadh Mac Cruitín

Donnchadh Mac Cruitín was an Irish scribe.

Biography

A member of Clann Chruitín of Thuadhmhumhain, Mac Cruitín's name is found in marginalia of a Latin medical text, De Medicinis Libellus. He stated he was "scolaris in phisica apud Sotone in comit’ Kanc anno gratie, 1468". At the end of the Libellus, another note by him reads "finit amen finit qui scripsit sit benedictus. Quod Dionisius Cyriton"..
Luke McInerney, who has written on the origins and history of Clann Chruitín, stated "It is uncertain why he was working as a scribe there but he may have travelled to England to further his education.".
Another part of the manuscript contains work by the mid-sixteenth century scribe, Conchubhar Mór Mac Cruitín, a member of the same lineage.