title: Cathal Ó Matadain
text: # Cathal Ó Matadain
  
  Cathal Ó Matadain, Irish philosopher, died 1343.
  
  Ó Matadain is described in the Annals of Lough Ce as a sage of Ireland. In 1343, in unknown circumstances, he was killed by the Clann Ricairt, or the Burke family of Clanricarde in what is now County Galway.
  
  