Diarmaid Mac an Bhaird, fl. 1670, was an Irish poet. A son of Laoiseach Mac an Bhaird, Diarmaid was a member of the Clann

Mac an Bhaird The Mac an Bháird family ( ga, Clann an Bháird) was one of the learned families of late medieval Ireland. The name has evolved over many centuries, the anglicised forms coming down as ''MacAward'', ''McWard'', ''MacEward'', ''MacEvard'', ''Macan ...

and one of the last classically trained bardic ''file'' (poet). He appears to have lived in what is now County Monaghan though he clearly had associations with Clandeboye, as a poem he addressed to

Cormac Ó Neill Cormac is a masculine given name in the Irish and English languages. The name is ancient in the Irish language and is also seen in the rendered Old Norse as ''Kormákr''. Mac is Irish for "son", and can be used as either a prefix or a suffix. ...

is preserved in ''

Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe ''Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe'', or Book of the Clandeboy O'Neill's, is the title accorded to a dunaire or poem-book of the Clandeboye branch of the O'Neill dynasty. It was written at the request of Cormac Ó Neill by the scribe Ruairí Ó hU ...

''. He is also remembered for being involved in a poetic contention with

Eoghan Ó Donnghaile Eoghan Ó Donnghaile (Owen O'Donnelly) (fl. c. 1690) was an Irish poet. Eugene O'Curry wrote of Ó Donnghaile in his ''Manners and Customs '', saying that: "About 1680 a controversy sprang up among some of the bards of Ulster as to what race by ...

Tír Eógain This article lists the rulers of Tyrone (Irish: ''Tír Eoghain'') from 1185 to 1616. They are listed from their date of accession to date of death, unless otherwise stated. Prior to this, the ruling dynasty - the Cenél nEógain - were most of th ...

as to which of them had the right to use the

Red Hand of Ulster The Red Hand of Ulster ( gle, Lámh Dhearg Uladh), also known as the Red Hand Uí Néill, is a symbol used in heraldry to denote the Irish province of Ulster and the Northern Uí Néill in particular. However, it has also been used by other Ir ...

(see Flag of Ulster) as an emblem.

References

''Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature'', Robert Welsh, 1996. 17th-century Irish-language poets Year of death unknown {{Ireland-writer-stub