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Ó HUiginn
Ó hUiginn is the surname of a Gaelic-Irish family of soldiers, poets, and historians located in Connacht. Originally part of the southern Uà Néill based in the Irish midlands, they moved west into Connacht. They were especially associated with what is now County Sligo, settling at Dooghorne, Achonry and Ballynary, as well as other locations in County Mayo, County Roscommon and County Galway. More than half of those bearing the surname in Ireland today still live in Connacht. The name is commonly anglicised as Higgins or O'Higgins. Notables * Tadc Ó hUiginn, ''a general master of all arts connected with poetry,'' died 1315 * Gilla na Neamh Ó hUiginn, poet (died 1346) :: Fercert Ó hUiginn, ''head of the family descended from Gilla na Neamh Ó h-Uiginn'' (died 1418) :::: Lochlainn, son of Fercert Ó hUiginn (died 1464) * Doighre Ó hUiginn, scribe of ''The Book of Magauran'' Peter B.C O'Huiginn, actor (1943-2017), Often credited as Brogan C.Ohiginn * Donnchad Ó hUiginn, ''a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Ó HUiginn
Brian Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, died Maundy Thursday, 1476. Biography Brian was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family, based in what is now County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn .... The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his death, ''sub anno'' 1476, as follows: * ''Brian, the son of Farrell Roe O'Higgin, head of his own tribe, superintendent of the schools of Ireland, and preceptor in poetry, died on Maunday-Thursday, and was interred at Ath-leathan''. Brian had at least one son, Aed mac Brian Ó hUiginn (died 1487). Others sons may have been Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigÃnn and Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn (died 1505). External links Profile ucc.ie; accessed 1 September 2015. {{DEFAULTSORT:O Huiginn, Brian 15th-century Irish poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian O'Higgins
Brian O'Higgins ( ga, Brian Ó hUigÃnn; 1 July 1882 – 10 March 1963), also known as Brian na Banban, was an Irish writer, poet, soldier and politician who was a founding member of Sinn Féin and served as President of the organisation from 1931 to 1933. He was a leading figure within 20th century Irish republicanism and was widely regarded for his literary abilities. Family and early life Brian O'Higgins was born in 1882, the youngest of fourteen children of small farmers in Kilskeer, County Meath. His great grandfather, Seán Ó Huiginn, was a poor scholar from County Tyrone who was travelling to Munster before he encountered a group of men who were rushing to Tara to fight in the Rising of 1798. He promptly decided partake in the rebellion and fought in the Battle of Tara Hill, where he was wounded and carried away to the small glen of Kilskeer to recuperate, but in Kilskeer he married and remained for the rest of his life. His father and uncles were members of the Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after declaring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; August 20, 1778 – October 24, 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Although he was the second List of presidents of Chile, Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state. He was Captain general, Captain General of the Chilean Army, Brigadier general, Brigadier of the United Provinces of the RÃo de la Plata, General officer, General Officer of Gran Colombia and Grand Marshal of Peru. Early life Bernardo O'Higgins, a member of the O'Higgins family, was born in the Chilean city of Chillán in 1778, the illegitimate son of Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno, a Spanish officer born in County Sligo, Ireland, who became governor of Chile and later viceroy of Peru. His mother was Isa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higgins Of Tyrawley
Hugh Higgins of Tyrawley was a blind Irish harper, 1737-after 1791. Higgins was a descendant of the Ó hUiginn family of poets, scribes, and historians. He was a native of Tirawley in north-east County Mayo and noted as having a more "respectable appearance and retinue than most travelling musicians." O'Neill remarks that "his parents being in comfortable circumstances. Blindness in early life led him to the study of the harp, and being gifted in a musical sense, he made rapid progress." Higgins was a friend of the harper Owen Keenan, who was imprisoned in Omagh for attempting to break into the house of a Mr. Stuart of Killmoon, near Cookstown, County Tyrone. He was conducting an affair with Mr. Stuart's French governess. Upon hearing of Keenan's plight (according to Captain Francis O'Neill), Higgins He was the ''Hugh Higgins, blind Native of Mayo age 75 years'', who performed at the Belfast Harp Festival in 1791. He had performed at Granard in 1791 "but won no premiums. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis Of Osorno
Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins y O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno (c. 1720 – 19 March 1801) born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins (''Ambrós Bearnárd Ó hUiginn'', in Irish), was an Irish-Spanish colonial administrator and a member of the O'Higgins family. He served the Spanish Empire as captain general (i.e., military governor) of Chile (1788–1796) and viceroy of Peru (1796–1801). Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins was his son. Early life A member of the O'Higgins family, Ambrose was born at his family's ancestral seat in Ballynary, County Sligo, Ireland; the son of Charles O'Higgins and his wife (and kinswoman) Margaret O'Higgins,The National Genealogical Office (Dublin), MS 165. pp. 396–399. were forced off their lands in 1654 by Oliver Cromwell and became tenant farmers at Clondoogan near Summerhill in County Meath ca. 1721.Ibañez Vergara, Jorge. ''Demetrio O'Higgins''. Along with other members of his family Ambrose worked in the service of the Rowley-Langford f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lammas
Lammas Day (Anglo-Saxon ''hlaf-mas'', "loaf-mass"), also known as Loaf Mass Day, is a Christian holiday celebrated in some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere on 1 August. The name originates from the word "loaf" in reference to bread and "Mass" in reference to the Eucharist. It is a festival in the liturgical calendar to mark the blessing of the First Fruits of harvest, with a loaf of bread being brought to the church for this purpose. On Loaf Mass Day, it is customary to bring to a Christian church a loaf made from the new crop, which began to be harvested at Lammastide, which falls at the halfway point between the summer solstice and autumn September equinox. Christians also have church processions to bakeries, where those working therein are blessed by Christian clergy. Lammas has coincided with the feast of St. Peter in Chains, commemorating St. Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison, but in the liturgical reform of 1969 the feast of St. Alphonsus L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadhg Dall Ó HUiginn
Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn (c. 1550 – c.1591) was an Irish poet. Background A well-known late-Gaelic era poet, Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn was a member of a family of professional poets from north Connacht. His mother's name is unknown. His father was Mathghamhain mac Maolmhuire, a direct descendant of Tadg Óg Ó hUiginn (died 1448), prominent poet of his day. His brother, Maol Muire Ó hÚigÃnn, was a priest who became Archbishop of Tuam, yet also followed family tradition in composing poetry (little surviving). He died in 1590. Tadhg had lands at Doughrarane in Achonry, and Coolrecuil in Kilmactigue, among other parcels in County Sligo, where he served as a juror. The twentieth-century editor and translator of his works for the Irish Texts Society, Eleanor Knott, suggests that these were lands originally granted to his ancestors by the O'Conor Sligo family, who were the patrons of this bardic family. That he was called by the soubriquet ('blind') suggests that Ó hUiginn's vision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Óge Ó HUiginn
Brian Óge Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, died 1505. Brian Óge was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family. The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his death, ''sub anno'' 1505, as follows: * ''Brian Oge, the son of Brian, son of Donnell Cam O'Higgin, died.'' Mentioned in the same obituary was his kinsman, Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn. External links * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005D/ Medieval Irish poets People from County Sligo Writers from County Mayo Writers from County Galway 16th-century Irish writers Medieval Irish writers 1505 deaths Year of birth unknown 15th-century Irish poets 16th-century Irish poets Irish male poets {{ireland-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairbre Mac Brian Ó HUiginn
Cairbre mac Brian Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, who died in 1505. He was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family. The Annals of the Four Masters recorded his death, ''sub anno'' 1505, as follows: * ''Carbry, the son of Brian O'Higgin, Professor of Poetry, died in Westmeath.'' Mentioned in the same obituary was his kinsman, Brian Óge Ó hUiginn. His father was Brian Ó hUiginn Brian Ó hUiginn, Irish poet, died Maundy Thursday, 1476. Biography Brian was a member of a branch of the Ó hUiginn brehon family, based in what is now County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus ba ..., whose other sons included the poets Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigÃnn and Aed mac Brian Ó hUiginn. External links * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005D/ {{DEFAULTSORT:O Huiginn, Cairbre Mac Brian Medieval Irish poets Writers from County Mayo People from County Westmeath 16th-century Irish writers 1505 deaths Year of birth unknow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadhg Mór Ó HUiginn
Tadhg Mór Ó hUiginn was an Irish poet. Ó hUiginn was a member of a highly regarded Connacht O'Higgins family of bards. His surviving poems include: * ''Gach éan mar a adhbha'' * ''Slán fat fholcadh'' See also * O'Higgins family * Tadg Óg Ó hUiginn * Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn * Philip Bocht Ó hUiginn * Maol Sheachluinn na n-Uirsgéal Ó hUiginn Maol Sheachluinn na n-Uirsgéal Ó hÚigÃnn () was an Irish bardic poet. Background Ó hÚigÃnn was a member of a well-known Irish family of bards or poets, based in Connacht. His surviving works include: * '' Foraire Uladh ar Aodh'' * ''Do ... External links * http://celt.ucc.ie/published/G402121/index.html * http://celt.ucc.ie/published/G402137/index.html {{DEFAULTSORT:O Huiginn, Tadhg Mor Writers from County Mayo Medieval Irish poets Year of birth missing Year of death unknown Irish male poets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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