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Maeleachlainn Ó Cobhthaigh, 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 ...
, died
1429 Year 1429 ( MCDXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 12 – Battle of Rouvray (or "of the Herrings"): English forces under ...
. A son of An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh (died
1415 Year 1415 ( MCDXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * April 30 – Frederick I becomes Elector of Brandenburg. * June 5 – The Coun ...
) and a brother of
Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1446) was an Irish poet. A brother of Maeleachlainn Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1429) and a son of An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1415), Ó Cobhthaigh was a member of a hereditary bardic family. However, he was also famo ...
(died 1446),
Ó Cobhthaigh Ó Cobhthaigh is a Gaelic-Irish surname. It is now generally Anglicised Cofer, Coffer, Copher, Coffey, Caughey, Coffee, Coffie, Coughey, Cauffey, Cauffy, Cauffie, Coffy, Coughay, Coffay, Coffeye and many more. Overview Ó Cobhthaigh was the name ...
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 ...
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 ...
ic family. He was killed by Edmond Dalton, who had conquered his district.


References

* ''Ó Cobhthaigh family'', pp. 435–436, in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', volume 41, Norbury-Osbourne, September 2004. Medieval Irish poets 1429 deaths Irish male poets People from County Westmeath 15th-century Irish poets Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-poet-stub