Eoghan Carrach Ó Siadhail (fl. c. 1500–1550) was a poet from
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...
who wrote in
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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.
Biography
Eoghan Carrach was a member of the
Ó Siadhail
Ó Siadhail / uaSiadhail / uaSiadgail is a Gaelic-Irish surname.
Overview
There were at least three families of this name in Gaelic Ireland.
* Ó Siadhail of Ui Maine, now east County Galway.
* Ó Siadhail of Uà Failghe, now County Offaly a ...
family of
TÃr Chonaill
Tyrconnell (), also spelled Tirconnell, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Donegal, which has sometimes been called ''County Tyrconnell''. At times it also included parts of County Fermanagh, Cou ...
(now County Donegal). Under the patronage of Niall Connallach (Niall Óg Ó Neill, died 1544), he made a copy of
Beatha Cholm Cille. It now exists as
Trinity College Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
, MS A. 8.
See also
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Ó Siadhail
Ó Siadhail / uaSiadhail / uaSiadgail is a Gaelic-Irish surname.
Overview
There were at least three families of this name in Gaelic Ireland.
* Ó Siadhail of Ui Maine, now east County Galway.
* Ó Siadhail of Uà Failghe, now County Offaly a ...
*
James Shields (Ohio politician)
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Frank Shields
Francis Xavier Alexander Shields Sr. (November 18, 1909 – August 19, 1975) was an American amateur tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s, and an actor known for ''Hoosier Schoolboy'' (1937).
Tennis career
Between 1928 and 1945 he was ranked e ...
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Micheal O'Siadhail
Micheal O'Siadhail ( ga, MÃcheál Ó Siadhail ; born 12 January 1947) is an Irish poet. Among his awards are The Marten Toonder Prize and The Irish American Culture Institute Prize for Literature.
Early life
Micheal O'Siadhail was born into ...
, poet
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Seán Ó Siadhail
References
* ''
LámhscrÃbhinnà Gaeilge: Treoirliosta,''
Padraig de Brún, Dublin, 1988.
* ''Tyrone's Gaelic Literary Legacy,'' by Diarmaid Ó Diobhlin, in ''Tyrone: History and Society,'' 403–432, ed. Charles Dillon and Henry A. Jefferies, Geography Publications, Dublin, 2000. .
16th-century Irish writers
16th-century deaths
People from County Donegal
People from County Tyrone
Irish-language poets
Medieval Irish poets
Medieval Irish writers
Year of birth unknown
Irish male poets
Irish scribes
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