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Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh
Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh was an Irish poet and master of the Irish classical style called Dán Díreach, who died in 1244. Mor is the Irish word for ''"great"''. Family background Donnchadh Mór was a member of the Ó Dálaigh family of poets. Donnchadh Mór was the second of six brothers, one of whom was Muireadhach Albanach, also a poet. Authorities O'Reilly and O'Curry considered that he was Abbot of Boyle Abbey, County Roscommon, Ireland. Reputation The annals of Clonmacnois describe him as "Chief in Ireland for poetry". He was styled the 'Irish Ovid' due to the quality of his verse. In recording his death, in 1244, the Annals of the Four Masters describes him as "a poet who never was and never will be surpassed". Finvarra Donnchadh Mór settled at Finnyvara (or Finavara) in the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland. Today a hexagonal brick-built columnar monument stands outside Finavara on the coast by Pouldoody Bay as a monument to him, opposite the supposed ruin ...
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Dán Díreach
Dán Díreach (; Irish for "direct verse") is a style of poetry developed in Ireland from the 12th century until the destruction of the Irish clan system, Gaelic Ireland and the Bardic schools during the mid 17th-century. It was a complex form of recitative designed to be chanted to the accompaniment of a harp. This poetry was often delivered by a professional reciter called a ''reacaire'' (reciter) or ''marcach duaine'' (poem rider). It was the specialised production of the professional poets known as Filidh (Seer). The complexities of the structure become more understandable when we consider that Irish poetry evolved primarily as an orally transmitted art. They were not intended to be read, but recited in public. Form, structure, rhythm and rhyme, intonation, and expression all play an essential part of the performance of poets. The aim was to amaze an audience with vocal virtuosity, knowledge, and spiritual depth. In this they must have succeeded as the Filidh came to be viewed ...
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Gilla Na Trínóite Ua Dálaigh
Gilla na Trínóite Ua Dálaigh, Irish poet, killed 1166. Gilla na Trínóite was an early member of the Ó Dálaigh family of poets. At the time of his death, he was Ollamh of Kingdom of Desmond. The Annals of Inisfallen state, ''sub anno'' 1166, that: * ''Gilla na Trínóite Ua Dálaig, ollav of Desmumu, was slain.'' He does not appear in the Daly family genealogies. See also * Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh, died 1139. * Ragnall Ua Dálaigh, died 1161. * Tadhg Ua Dálaigh, died 1181. * Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Aonghus Ó Dálaigh (fl. c. 1200) was an Irish people, Irish poet. Aonghus was a grandson of Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh (died 1139) and said to be ''the common ancestor of all the Ó Dálaigh, O'Dalys extant.'' He is recorded as having six sons: ..., fl. c. 1200. External links ''Annals of Loch Cé''''The Tribes of Ireland: A Satire'' by Aengus O'Daly {{DEFAULTSORT:Ua Dalaigh, Gilla Na Trinoite People from County Westmeath 12th-century Irish writers 1166 deaths ...
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13th-century Irish Writers
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1244 Deaths
Year 1244 ( MCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * March 16 – Siege of Montségur: French forces capture and destroy Château de Montségur in Languedoc, after a 9-month siege. Some 200 'heretics' (''perfecti'' and ''credentes'') are burnt in a bonfire, near the foot of the castle. This marks the final defeat of the Cathars (or Albigensians); the followers become scattered fugitives, meeting in forests and mountain wilds. * March 26 – Treaty of Almizra: King James I (the Conqueror) and King Ferdinand III (the Saint) agree on the distribution of Muslim lands yet to be conquered. All lands south of a line, from the cities of Biar to Villajoyosa through Busot, are reserved for the Crown of Castile. This ends further Aragonese expansion on the Iberian Peninsula. * December – King Louis IX (the Saint) falls desperately ill of a severe malarian infection. Near-death, he vows that if he recovers he ...
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12th-century Births
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Writers From County Meath
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Fearghal Ó Dálaigh
Fearghal Ó Dálaigh (born before 1368 - died 1420) was an Irish poet. Genealogy His pedigree was: Fearghal Ó Dálaigh, son of Tadhg, son of Aonghus Ruadh, son of Donnchadh Ruadh, son of Aengus, son of Donnchadh Mor, son of Aenghusa, son of Tadhg doichligh, son of Con Connacht na scoile, son of Dalaigh, son of Muiredhaigh, son of Tadhg, son of Giolla coimded, son of Dalaigh (from whom the Ó Dálaighs were named), son of Fachtna, son of Cuirc, son of Adaimh, son of Maile duin, son of Fergaile, son of Maile duin, son of Maile fithrig. Birth His father died in 1367 and his grandfather, the poet Aonghus Ruadh Ó Dálaigh, died in 1350, so he would have been born before 1368. His family had lands in both the barony of Corcomroe, County Clare, and in Kilkenny West barony, County Westmeath, so it is likely he was born in one of those. Poet In 1415 the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, John Talbot, the soi-disant 6th Baron Furnivall (later John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury) plundered ...
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Aonghus Ruadh Ó Dálaigh
Aonghus Ruadh Ó Dálaigh (born c.1280 - died 1350) was an Irish poet. Genealogy His pedigree was: Aonghus Ruadh, son of Donnchadh Ruadh Ó Dálaigh, son of Aengus, son of Donnchadh Mor, son of Aenghusa, son of Tiadgh doichligh, son of Con Connacht na scoile, son of Dalaigh, son of Muiredhaigh, son of Taidgh, son of Giolla coimded, son of Dalaigh (from whom the Ó Dálaighs were named), son of Fachtna, son of Cuirc, son of Adaimh, son of Maile Duin, son of Fergaile, son of Maile Duin, son of Maile Dithrig. Birth He was born in County Westmeath, probably in the barony of Corkaree where his family were lords. Ollam of Meath He was already an adult poet in 1309, when he wrote a poem of 192 verses on the erection by the King of Connacht, Hugh McOwen O'Conor, in that year of a castle on the hill of Carn Fraoich or Carnfree in County Roscommon, ''An tu aris a raith Theamhrach'' (Do you appear again, O Fort of Tara). He also composed a poem of 448 verses entitled: ''Adhamh, atha ...
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Tadhg Doichleach Ua Dálaigh
Tadhg Ua Dálaigh, Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland, died 1181. Biography A son of Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh (died 1139) the Annals of Lough Ce say that he was the '' chief poet of Erinn and Alba'' (of Ireland and Scotland). He was one of the earliest members of the Ó Dálaigh clan of poets, and the second to be accorded the title of Ireland's chief poet. His son, Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Aonghus Ó Dálaigh (fl. c. 1200) was an Irish people, Irish poet. Aonghus was a grandson of Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh (died 1139) and said to be ''the common ancestor of all the Ó Dálaigh, O'Dalys extant.'' He is recorded as having six sons: ... is held to be ''the common ancestor of all the O'Daly's extant.'' External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ua Dalaigh, Tadhg People from County Westmeath 12th-century Irish poets 12th-century Irish writers 1181 deaths Year of birth unknown Irish male poets ...
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County Westmeath
County Westmeath (; or simply ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It formed part of the historic Kingdom of Meath, which was named Mide because the kingdom was located in the geographical centre of Ireland (the word Mide meaning 'middle'). Westmeath County Council is the administrative body for the county, and the county town is Mullingar. At the 2022 census, the population of the county was 95,840. History Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the territory of the Gaelic Kingdom of Meath formed the basis for the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Meath granted by King Henry II of England to Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, Hugh de Lacy in 1172. Following the failure of de Lacy's male heirs in 1241, the Lordship was split between two great-granddaughters. One moiety, a central eastern portion, was awarded to Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville, Maud (de G ...
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Aonghus Ruadh Na NAor Ó Dálaigh
Aonghus Ruadh na nAor Ó Dálaigh, Irish poet, 1550–1617. Ó Dálaigh was of the Muintir Bhaire sept, and lived at Balliorrone, County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster .... He was employed by Sir George Carew and Mountjoy to lampoon the Irish chieftains and instigate enmity between them. The hostile reaction to his satire '' The Tribes of Ireland'' led to his assassination. According to Alice Curtayne: He was survived by one son, Aonghus Óge Ó Dálaigh. Descendants of the family were still living in the area in the 1830s. References * ''The Irish Story: A Survey of Irish History and Culture'' Dublin, 1962, p. 91, Alice Curtayne. External links Life of Aongus Ruadh Ó Dálaigh Ricorso ''The Tribes of Ireland'' {{DEFAULTSORT:O Dalaigh, Aong ...
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