Uaithne Ó Cobhthaigh (murdered 1556) was an Irish poet.

Biography

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

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ic family based in what is now

County Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces o ...

. His father's name was William. According to the

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, in 1556 "Owny, the son of William O'Coffey, the most learned in Ireland in poetry, was treacherously slain at night, at in , but it is not known by whom." The ''

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'' states that "he was murdered, with his wife, at Ballinlig,

Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = , subdivis ...

Verse

At least two of his poems still exist: ""/"Greater than an earl is the name of James", and the

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poem, ""/"Long be this remembrance on the

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of God", which consists of one hundred and sixty verses.

References

* Murder victims from County Westmeath 16th-century Irish-language poets People murdered in Ireland Unsolved murders in Ireland 1536 deaths Year of birth unknown Writers from County Westmeath {{Ireland-poet-stub

Biography

Verse

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