Dónall na Buile Mac Cárthaigh,
Irish poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
, fl. 1730s–40s.
Mac Cárthaigh
MacCarthy ( ga, Mac Cárthaigh), also spelled Macarthy, McCarthy or McCarty, is an Irish clan originating from Munster, an area they ruled during the Middle Ages. It was divided into several great branches; the MacCarthy Reagh, MacCarthy of Musk ...
was a member of an ancient
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rà ruirech). Following the ...
dynasty. He was a supporter of the
Jacobite cause.
See also
*
Kings of Munster
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Kings of Desmond
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Diarmuid mac Sheáin Bhuà Mac Cárthaigh
Diarmuid mac Sheáin Bhuà Mac Cárthaigh, Irish poet, died 1705.
Mac Cárthaigh was a Jacobite poet, and a native of County Cork.
See also
* Dónall na Buile Mac Cárthaigh, fl. 1730s–40s.
* Eoghan an MhéirÃn Mac Cárthaigh, 1691–1 ...
, d. 1705
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Eoghan an MhéirÃn Mac Cárthaigh
Eoghan an MhéirÃn Mac Cárthaigh (1691–1756) was an Irish poet and historian. Born in Aherla (in the parish or Kilbonane) in County Cork, Mac Cárthaigh was a Jacobite who wrote in support of Charles McCarthy (Cormac Spáinneach Mac Cárthaig ...
, 1691–1756.
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Liam Rua Mac Coitir, 1675/90?–1738.
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Donnchadh Ruadh Mac Conmara
Donnchadh Ruadh Mac Conmara (1715–1810) was an Irish schoolmaster of a hedge school, Jacobite propagandist, anti-hero in Irish folklore, and composer of poetry in both Munster Irish and in the Irish language outside Ireland.
Life
He was born ...
, 1715–1810.
References
* ''Ireland And The Jacobite Cause, 1685–1766: A Fatal Attachment'', p. 228, 336,
Éamonn Ó Ciardha
Éamonn Ó Ciardha is an Irish historian and writer.
Biography
Ó Ciardha is a native of Scotshouse, a village in the west of County Monaghan. He has an M.A. from the National University of Ireland and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. His ar ...
,
Four Courts Press, 2001, 2004.
18th-century Irish-language poets
Irish Jacobites
Writers from County Cork
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