Career
He is remembered as the prophet of Erris, a large Barony in the north west of County Mayo. Brian Rua lived in the parish of Kilcommon in the townland of Inver. Passed down through the mouths of the people through successive generations from the 17th century, in 1906 a renowned Celtic scholar called Michael Timoney from Lahardane set out to collect the story of Brian Rua and publish it, so that it would not be forgotten.
The stories were carried down the generations in the Irish language and published in that language.
In 2000, as part of the Millennium Project, the story was translated into English and published as part of the book "Traditional Cures and Gifted People" by Philomena Cronin.
