Aonghus Ruadh na nAor Ó Dálaigh,
Irish poet
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, 1550–1617.
Ó Dálaigh
The Ó Dálaigh () were a learned Irish Bardic poetry, bardic family who first came to prominence early in the 12th century, when Cú Connacht Ó Dálaigh was described as "The first ''Ollamh'' of poetry in all Ireland" (''ollamh'' is the title g ...
was of the Muintir Bhaire sept, and lived at Balliorrone,
County Cork
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.
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''
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16th-century Irish-language poets
17th-century Irish-language poets
Writers from County Cork