An Díbirt go Connachta is a lament attributed to Feardorcha Ó Mealláin who is claimed as ''staraí Éirí amach 1641/the historian of the 1641 Rising'', Tarlach Ó Mealláin. It is a lament in

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

inspired by the proposed scheme of the early 1650s to transplant the 'delinquent' Irish to

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 Del ...

References

* Séan de Fréine (ed.) 'Croí Cine' (Baile Átha Cliath, 1999), p. 331. * Enri Ó Muirgheasa (ed.), 'Dánta Diagra Uladh' (Baile Átha Cliath, 1926). * Breandan Ó Buachalla et al., (eds.) 'Nua-Dhuanaire, i' (Dublin, 1971). {{DEFAULTSORT:Dibirt Go Connachta 17th century in Ireland Irish-language literature Irish poems