Gilla Aenghus Ua Chlúmháin (died 1143) was an 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 ...

. Gilla Aenghus Ua Chlúmháin, '' ollamh of

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...

in poetry'', who died in 1143. No surviving poems by him are known to still exist, except perhaps anonymously. A later bearer of the name, who died in 1438, is listed as ''O'Clumain, Chief Poet to O'Hara'', a

Chief of the Name The Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan (''fine'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic). The term has sometimes been used as a title in Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland In Eliza ...

County Sligo County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local ...

. The name was later rendered as

Ó Chlúmháin Ó Cluanáin was the name of a brehon family from what is now County Galway - MacLysaght calls it "Essentially a Co. Galway name." Joseph Mannion notes that in 1551 one Nicholas O Clowan, an official of Tuam, was granted custody of the Franciscan ...

and Cloonan. His son,

Aindileas Ua Chlúmháin Aindileas Ua Chlúmháin (died 1170) was an Irish poet. Aindileas was the son of Gilla Aenghus Ua Chlúmháin, ''ollamh of Connacht in poetry'', who died in 1143. No surviving poems by either are known to still exist, except perhaps anonymously. ...

, was chief poet of Connacht upon his death in 1170.

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/

References

* ''The Surnames of Ireland'', Edward MacLysaght, 1978. * ''The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill'', Joseph Mannion, p. 93, 2004. People from County Galway Medieval Irish poets 12th-century Irish writers 1143 deaths 12th-century Irish poets Year of birth unknown Irish male poets {{Ireland-poet-stub