Brian Ó Corcrán

Brian Ó Corcrán, Irish poet, Ó Corcrán's floruit is uncertain. An earlier Brian Ó Corcrán () is listed as a vicar. The surname is now rendered as Corcoran (surname).

Ó Corcrán authored two surviving poems, ''Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain'' and ''Rí con Éireann Ábhartach''

The first verse of ''Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain'' is the following:

ga, Mo chion dot bhronnadh, a Bhriain,
a mhic na flatha a finnChliaigh,
a aistrigh an toirbheirt truim,
h'aisgidh badh oirdheirc aguinn., label=none

''Rí con Éireann Ábhartach'', a poem on Irish kings, begins:

ga, Rí con Éireann Ábhartach
coiléan ciuin cruadhbhánaltach;
is tuar clú a hoirbhearta áigh
cú bhus oirrdhearca n-iomráidh., label=none

See also

* Felimidh Ó Corcrán
* Cahalan Ó Corcrán
* Fláithrí Ó Corcrán

References

* ''Irish Bardic Poetry'', Ed. Osborn Bergin, Dublin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (1970) page 63-65.
* * ''The Surnames of Ireland'', Edward MacLysaght, 1978.

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G402213/index.html
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

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