Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin
Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin (anglicised as Christian Malone; died 1127) was an Irish historian and Abbot of Clonmacnoise.Ó Maoil Eoin (now anglicised as Malone), denotes descent from a grandson of a person baptised in honour of Saint John.Two years later the same text records that "Gilla Críst ua Maíleoin, abbot of Cluaín moccu Nóis, the fount of wisdom and charity, the head of wealth and riches of Ireland, rested."Chronicon Scotorum is an account of Irish affairs that ends in an unfinished manner in the entry dated 1150.Richard Ó Malone of Donore, County Westmeath, "enjoyed the distinction of the being the first musician pardoned by Queen Elizabeth, the date being 1565."