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.
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15th-century Irish poets
Medieval Irish poets
Writers from County Mayo
1476 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Irish male poets
People from Strade