Cormacan Eigeas (died 946) was an Irish poet.
Cormacan Eigeas mac Maelbrighdhe was
Chief Ollam of Ireland
Chief may refer to:
Title or rank
Military and law enforcement
* Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
* Chief of police, the head of a police department
* Chief of the boa ...
. Eigeas denoted 'the Learned'. He was chief poet to
Muirchertach mac Néill
Muirchertach mac Néill (died 26 February 943), called Muirchertach of the Leather Cloaks ( sga, Muirchertach na Cochall Craicinn), was a King of Ailech.
Family
Muirchertach belonged to the Cenél nEógain sept of the northern Uí Néill. He was t ...
, King of Ulster. He wrote a poem celebrating the king's tour of Ireland in 941–942, amongst others.
[The circuit of Ireland (1841). I]
Tracts relating to Ireland
Volume I. Irish Archaeological Society. Dublin. Edward O'Reilly gives a full account of these in his ''Irish Writers'', LXXXVI sq.; d. anno 941.
His obituary is given in the
Annals of the Four Masters
The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' ( ga, Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' (''Annála na gCeithre Máistrí'') are chronicles of medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Deluge, dated as 2,24 ...
as follows:
References
External links
Annals of the Four Masters
946 deaths
10th-century Irish poets
Year of birth unknown
Irish male poets
Irish-language writers
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