O'Flaherty, Roderick (1629-1718), historian. Born in Moycullen Castle, Co. Galway, he was educated in classics by John Lynch in Galway, and studied traditional bardic learning under Dubhaltach Mac Fhir Bhisigh. Ogygia (1685) was an alternative to the Anglo-Irish chronicles and the first work of Gaelic historiography to be printed in London. A poor translation of Ogygia was made in 1793 by Revd James Hely of TCD, assisted by Theophilus O'Flanagan [see Gaelic Society]. He was buried in the grounds of his own house at Park, Co. Galway.

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