Eoin Ó Gnímh, Irish poet and manuscript collector, fl. December 1699.

Ó Gnímh Ó Gnímh was the surname of an Irish brehon family. The Ó Gnímh family were based at Larne, County Antrim, and were hereditary poets for the O'Neill's and MacDonalds. The surname is now generally rendered as Agnew. See also * Fear Fla ...

was a member of a

hereditary Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic inform ...

learned family based at Larne, County Antrim, who had been

bard In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise t ...

for the O'Neills. He was responsible for preserveing a number of

manuscripts A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in ...

compiled or collected by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh.

References

* ''The Celebrated Antiquary'', p. 196, Nollaig Ó Muraíle, Maynooth, 1996. {{DEFAULTSORT:O Gnimh, Eoin Irish-language poets People from County Antrim 17th-century Irish writers