Ó an Cháintighe, an Irish
Bardic
In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise t ...
family of west
Cork
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Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
. The medieval poet
Fear Feasa Ó'n Cháinte was the composer of the following poems:
* ''A shaoghail ón a shaoghail''
* ''Bean dá chumhadh crÃoch Ealla''
* ''Gluais a litir go Lunndain''
The surname is derived from the
Gaelic
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term ''cáinteach'' (''satirical''). It is now given as Ó Canty or Canty.
See also
*
Tadhg Olltach Ó an Cháinte
Tadhg Olltach Ó an Cháinte, Irish poet, fl. c. 1601.
A member of the Ó an Cháintighe bardic family, and a relative of Fear Feasa Ó'n Cháinte, Tadhg Olltach is probably to be identified with 'Teige on Canty, of Clansheane', mentioned in ...
*
Graham Canty
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/itbardic.html#feasaonchainte
References
* ''The Surnames of Ireland'',
Edward MacLysaght, Dublin, 1978, p. 36.
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