Ó Gnímh was the

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of an Irish

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family. The Ó Gnímh family were based at

Larne Larne (, , the name of a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory)Larne/Latharna
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, and were

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poets for the O'Neill's and MacDonalds. The surname is now generally rendered as Agnew. Notable people with the surname include: *

Eoin Ó Gnímh Eoin Ó Gnímh was an Irish poet and manuscript collector, fl. December 1699. Ó Gnímh was a member of a hereditary learned family based at Larne, County Antrim, who had been bard for the O'Neills. He was responsible for preserving a numbe ...

(fl. 1699), Irish poet and manuscript collector * Fear Flatha Ó Gnímh (c. 1540–c. 1630), Irish poet

References

* ''The family of Ó Gnímh in Ireland and Scotland: a look at the sources'', pp. 57–71 in ''Nomina 8'' (1984),

Brian Ó Cuív Brian Ó Cuív (20 November 1916 – 14 November 1999) was an Irish scholar who specialised in Celtic history and philology. Life Ó Cuív was professor of Celtic Studies at University College Dublin and later at the Dublin Institute for Advanc ...

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