Murcha Crúis,
Irish Jacobite
Jacobite means follower of Jacob or James. Jacobite may refer to:
Religion
* Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus (died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include:
** Syriac Orthodox Church, sometimes ...
, fl. 1688–1691?
Biography
Murcha Crúis was a
Jacobite
Jacobite means follower of Jacob or James. Jacobite may refer to:
Religion
* Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus (died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include:
** Syriac Orthodox Church, sometimes ...
soldier praised and lamented in the poem, ''Tuireamh Mhurcha Crúis'' by
Séamas Dall Mac Cuarta. Cruise (originally de Cruys) or de Crúis, were an
Anglo-Norman who settled in
County Meath and
County Dublin in the aftermath of the 1169–1171 arrival of the Normans in Ireland.
Bridget Cruise, for whom
Turlough Carolan composed four airs, was of this family, but it is unknown of what relationship. Mac Cuarta knew both Murcha Crúis and Carolan.
References
* ''Tuireamh Mhurcha Crúis'', p. 32, in ''
Séamas Dall Mac Cuarta:dánta'', eag. S. Ó Gallchóir, B.Á.C., 1971.
* ''Ireland and the Jacobite Cause, 1685–1766:A fatal attachment,
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 a ...
,
Four Courts Press, 2001, 2004. .
External links
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
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Irish Jacobites
People from County Meath
17th-century Irish people
Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England