An Díbirt go Connachta is a lament attributed to

Feardorcha Ó Mealláin Feardorcha Ó Mealláin was an Irish poet the reputed author of '' An Díbirt go Connachta''. He is said to have been a Franciscan, possibly from County Down, but both of these claims are in doubt. It is suggested that his name may be a 'pet-name' ...

who is claimed as ''staraí Éirí amach 1641/the historian of the 1641 Rising'',

Tarlach Ó Mealláin Tarlach Ó Mealláin (fl. 1641–1650) was an Irish Franciscan, author of Cín Lae Uí Mhealláin. Origins and background Ó Mealláin was of a Tír Eoghain ecclesiastical family who were the hereditary keepers of the Bell of Saint Patrick ( C ...

. It is a lament in Irish inspired by the proposed scheme of the early 1650s to transplant the 'delinquent' Irish to Connacht.

References

* Séan de Fréine (ed.) 'Croí Cine' (Baile Átha Cliath, 1999), p. 331. * Enri Ó Muirgheasa (ed.), 'Dánta Diagra Uladh' (Baile Átha Cliath, 1926). * Breandan Ó Buachalla et al., (eds.) 'Nua-Dhuanaire, i' (Dublin, 1971). {{DEFAULTSORT:Dibirt Go Connachta 17th century in Ireland Irish-language literature Irish poems